the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp. to a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in discharge of an obligation.
n. The sum or thing remitted.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, to another place.
n. A sum, bills, etc., remitted in payment.
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n. a payment of money sent to a person in another place
Word Usage
"Migration to the USA and dependence on remittance is becoming a way of life for more and more Mexicans in the central and southern parts of the country."