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as in payments
something (as money) that is given or received in return for goods or services
she always mails in her remittance on time so she won't ever be charged a late fee on her electric bill
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as in disbursements
the act of offering money in exchange for goods or services
the remittance of your outstanding balance is required before you can make more purchases
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Recent Examples of remittances
That kind of visibility may help address one of the long-standing frustrations associated with remittances, where fees, exchange rates, and final amounts have not always been easy to compare.
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Felysha Walker,
Miami Herald,
30 June 2026
For Haitian women, this burden may include sending remittances, offering to make family decisions and caring for relatives across two countries.
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Ammcise Apply,
The Conversation,
26 June 2026
Mastercard’s chief product officer, Jorn Lambert, framed the BVNK purchase as acquiring the right tools to chase new addressable markets, naming remittances directly.
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Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Roughly a third of all remittances that are sent to India each year come from the United States, according to India's central bank.
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ABC News,
11 June 2026
India recorded a surprise current account surplus in the January-March period as strong services receipts and higher remittances offset disruptions caused by the Iran war.
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Anup Roy,
Bloomberg,
8 June 2026
Africans paid $68 million for European short-term visa applications that ended up being rejected in 2024, imposing a cost that analysts have described as ‘reverse remittances’ in favour of rich countries.
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Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
28 May 2026
Approximately 750,000 households in Haiti receive remittances from Haitians in the US, says Manuel Orozco, director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development Program at the Inter-American Dialogue.
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Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
Many households in Africa and Asia depend on remittances from relatives who work in the Gulf and send money home, but the war has caused serious economic disruption across the region, leading to fewer job opportunities.
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Fatma Tanis,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2026
Felysha Walker,
Miami Herald,
30 June 2026
For Haitian women, this burden may include sending remittances, offering to make family decisions and caring for relatives across two countries.
—
Ammcise Apply,
The Conversation,
26 June 2026
Mastercard’s chief product officer, Jorn Lambert, framed the BVNK purchase as acquiring the right tools to chase new addressable markets, naming remittances directly.
—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
Roughly a third of all remittances that are sent to India each year come from the United States, according to India's central bank.
—
ABC News,
11 June 2026
India recorded a surprise current account surplus in the January-March period as strong services receipts and higher remittances offset disruptions caused by the Iran war.
—
Anup Roy,
Bloomberg,
8 June 2026
Africans paid $68 million for European short-term visa applications that ended up being rejected in 2024, imposing a cost that analysts have described as ‘reverse remittances’ in favour of rich countries.
—
Alexander Onukwue,
semafor.com,
28 May 2026
Approximately 750,000 households in Haiti receive remittances from Haitians in the US, says Manuel Orozco, director of the Migration, Remittances, and Development Program at the Inter-American Dialogue.
—
Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
Many households in Africa and Asia depend on remittances from relatives who work in the Gulf and send money home, but the war has caused serious economic disruption across the region, leading to fewer job opportunities.
—
Fatma Tanis,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for remittances
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California’s richest residents would be able to spread the payments over five years.
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The first wave of Social Security payments for July is scheduled to be distributed this week.
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For this calculation, the institutional research department compared UC graduates’ earnings to out-of-pocket costs for their degrees and the opportunity costs of forgone wages of high school graduates of the same age.
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Anthropic gives serious attention to displacement, including the possibility of durable pressure on wages and employment, while the Vatican insists that work is tied to dignity, participation and citizenship.
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Just to cover the city’s various bond measures, the owner of a home with an assessed value of $1 million pays around $1,145 annually.
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Even with premiums, co-pays and deductibles, the federal government cannot afford Medicare-for-some.
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This can help address strength imbalances and movement compensations that, over time, can lead to injury.
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Still, Fiedler shows convincingly enough that American writers’ attempts to adapt the seduction narrative to our concerns—to reimagine it so as to preserve our enduring sense of ourselves as innocents—explain our literature’s peculiar aversions and resultant compensations.
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“Remittances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remittances. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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