Remittance
(noun)
- The sending of money or payment to someone, typically in another place.
- The money sent in such a way.
Origin:
From the verb remit, from latin remittere ("send back, let go, relax, abate, remit"), from re- + mittere ("send").
Examples:
- He received a remittance from his parents.
- The company received a remittance for the fine.
- Remittances from abroad are a major source of foreign currency for many countries.
- Many people depend on remittances from their relatives living abroad to make ends meet.
- The remittance was sent through the bank.