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  • noun Plural form of remit.

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Examples

  • After all the time and effort the Government has spent on reforming the structure of children's services, we have ended up with a huge Leviathan of regulation and remits which is now underperforming.

    Videos (RSS 2.0) 2009

  • The decree from the Vatican's Congregation for Bishops said Benedict "remits" the automatic excommunication that the four bishops incurred and said the 1988 decree declaring their consecrations a schismatic act had no legal standing any longer.

    Home - BostonHerald.com 2009

  • Although located at The Hague, the Yugoslavia tribunal is a special court constituted under the United Nations, and should not be confused with the international criminal court or the international court of justice, which have a permanent status at The Hague and different remits Three get life for jail attack on Serbian war criminal, 22 February, page 12.

    Corrections and clarifications 2011

  • A Fed official said that if the Fed had to make sales and take some losses, it could always scale back the amount it remits to the Treasury annually.

    Fed Turns Record Profits Over To Treasury Nicole Hardesty 2011

  • A Fed official said that if the Fed had to make sales and take some losses, it could always scale back the amount it remits to the Treasury annually.

    Fed Turns Record Profits Over To Treasury Nicole Hardesty 2011

  • Today a homeowner agrees to pay the taxes he owes to the holder of his mortgage, who remits them to the government.

    The Forgotten Tax Revolt of the 1930s David Beito 2011

  • Indian-American entrepreneur Sabeer Bhatia, who co-founded the email service Hotmail, routinely remits money to fund research and development at two start-up companies in India.

    Rupee Breaches 52 to the Dollar: What It Means for You Shefali Anand 2011

  • There are, of course, other anti-ageing experts but they tend to stick within the remits of face creams and serums?

    How to look younger? longer Lucy Cavendish 2010

  • This falls in both remits as it's in the conservation area and any building on this site should be respectful of this.

    Pontcanna residents oppose new flats 2010

  • The MGF also remits 100 percent of the donation to the recipient nonprofit within 30 days of receiving funds from the wireless carriers.

    Sheila Shayon: The New Face of Mobile Giving 2010

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