remit
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- n the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with
they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life - n (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)
- v send (money) in payment
remit $25 - v hold back to a later time
- v release from (claims, debts, or taxes)
The taxes were remitted - v refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision
- v forgive
God will remit their sins - v make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
- v diminish or abate
The pain finally remitted
- Today, as an international adviser to the G85 Climate Change Dialogue, and a director of the Association for Sustainable and Responsible Investment in Asia, her remit is wider and .
- Does your remit restrict you to conflict zones, or can you focus on human-rights abuses in places like Burma and North Korea? My job deals with atrocities, genocide and war crimes.
- Anthony Zinni, former chief of the Pentagon's Central Command, whose remit includes Pakistan, warns that extremist groups are "trying to ignite Pakistan into the kind of chaos they .