remit.

1. The area of work or authority assigned to a person or organization.

2. Send money to another person or organization.

3. Cancel or reduce a penalty, debt, or imposed obligation.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• within a remit
• broad remit

On the page

The investigation stayed within the committee's remit.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Singular remit; plural remits. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, explanation, evaluation. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: remits.