submittal vs submission : Common Errors in English

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About submittal vs submission

“Submittal” is the act of submitting; it should not be used to describe the thing being submitted, as in “clip a five-dollar bill to your submittal and it will receive our earliest attention.” In almost all cases “submission” is clearer and more traditional than “submittal.”

submission Meaning(s)

  • (n) something (manuscripts or architectural plans and models or estimates or works of art of all genres etc.) submitted for the judgment of others (as in a competition)
  • (n) the act of submitting; usually surrendering power to another
  • (n) the condition of having submitted to control by someone or something else
  • (n) the feeling of patient, submissive humbleness
  • (n) a legal document summarizing an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
  • (n) an agreement between parties in a dispute to abide by the decision of an arbiter
  • (n) (law) a contention presented by a lawyer to a judge or jury as part of the case he is arguing
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