remittance
Money you send to someone, often in another country.
Money that is sent to someone as a payment, especially by bank transfer or other financial service, often from another place or country.
The process of paying by sending money.
The act or process of sending money or a payment to someone, especially in a business or financial context.
An official reduction or cancellation of a payment you must make.
A reduction, cancellation, or forgiveness of something owed or imposed, such as a tax, debt, or fine.
- Base: remittance
- Plural: remittance, remittances
international remittance
1money transfer across countries
Money you send to another country.
- The company offers low-fee international remittances.
- International remittance rules can vary by country.
- I made an international remittance to Kenya.
inward remittance
1money received from abroad
Money coming in from another country.
- The bank credited the inward remittance to her account the next day.
- You may need to provide documents for a large inward remittance.
- An inward remittance came from Japan.
outward remittance
1money sent to abroad
Money sent out to another country.
- The bank applied extra checks before processing the outward remittance.
- There is a daily limit on outward remittances from this account.
- I made an outward remittance to Canada.
remittance address
1address where payments are sent
The address you should send a payment to.
- Send the check to the remittance address shown on the invoice.
- Their remittance address changed after the merger.
- Use the remittance address on the bill.
remittance advice
1document explaining a payment
A note that tells what a payment is paying for.
- Please include a remittance advice with your bank transfer.
- We emailed a remittance advice showing which invoices were paid.
- I attached the remittance advice to the payment.
remittance information
1details that identify a payment
Payment details like invoice numbers.
- Please add remittance information in the transfer reference field.
- The payment arrived, but the remittance information was missing.
- I wrote the invoice number as remittance information.
remittance slip
1payment slip sent with money
A small form you send with a payment.
- Fill in the remittance slip and return it with your check.
- Without the remittance slip, we may not be able to match your payment to the invoice.
- I included the remittance slip.