remit
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remit
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Synonyms & Antonyms for remit
Synonyms: Verb
abate, de-escalate, decline, decrease, die (away or down or out), diminish, drain (away), drop (off), dwindle, ease, ebb, fall, fall away, lessen, let up, lower, moderate, pall, phase down, ratchet (down) also rachet (down) , recede, relent, shrink, subside, taper, taper off, wane
Antonyms: Verb
accumulate, balloon, build, burgeon (also bourgeon), enlarge, escalate, expand, grow, increase, intensify, mount, mushroom, pick up, rise, snowball, soar, swell, wax
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Examples of remit in a Sentence
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A patient who has mild flare-ups in the skin and joints twice a year may one day awaken with kidney failure or paralysis that, one month later, mysteriously remits. — Elizabeth Rosenthal, New York Times Book Review, 19 Nov. 1989 And he was, therefore, as little surprised as a man could be, to find himself awakened at the small inn to which he had been remitted until morning, in the middle of the night. — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, 1859 I was brought in guilty and sentenced to die; but that the judges, having been made sensible of the hardship of my circumstances, had obtained leave to remit the sentence upon my consenting to be transported. — Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders, 1722 Please remit $1,000 upon receipt of this letter. Payment can be remitted by check. The governor remitted the remainder of her life sentence.
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Guests are charged the taxes on their bills and Airbnb then remits them to the state or city. — Nancy Sarnoff, Houston Chronicle, "Airbnb to collect city hotel taxes from rental guests," 1 July 2019 The platforms would collect the taxes and remit them to the hosts, who would have to pay the county’s tax collector. — Lois K. Solomon, sun-sentinel.com, "Airbnb rule changes may not end lawsuits," 4 June 2019 The city relies on Airbnb to collect the tax and remit it to the city. — Tony Bizjak And Kellen Browning, sacbee, "The 'hotel' next door: Airbnb rentals face backlash in some Sacramento neighborhoods," 17 June 2018 Hoops said in bankruptcy court), and watched as payroll taxes were withheld but not remitted and 401(k) payments withheld but not deposited. — David Roberts, Vox, "Coal left Appalachia devastated. Now it’s doing the same to Wyoming.," 9 July 2019 Prop CC would take away our grandkid’s grandkids right to decide whether to keep or remit excess tax refunds. — Jon Caldara, The Denver Post, "Caldara: Cowboy up and repea