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remit
verb as in send, transfer
verb as in stop, postpone
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Example Sentences
It heard that the quango was "too bureaucratic" and had a narrow interpretation of the opportunities in its remit.
McMahon is transferring entire pieces of the Education Department remit to other departments.
The policy was well designed: shipowners could have those fees remitted if they ordered a U.S.-built vessel within three years.
Mr Moreno Ocampo, a lawyer from Argentina who helped lead the 1985 prosecution of that country's former military junta, described the strikes as a "very dangerous" expansion of the president's remit to use lethal force.
Fifa suggested corners should become part of VAR's remit, and it was thought to be the most likely change to be introduced because it is normally a factual decision, rather than subjective.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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