remittance
Example Sentences
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The yen's weakness has devalued remittances sent home and there is increasing competition from labour markets such as South Korea, denting Japan's reputation among Vietnamese, immigration expert Jotaro Kato told AFP.
From Barron's
However, the policies have brought an unexpected windfall to the Honduran economy: the thousands of Hondurans who live undocumented and under the radar in those cities are sending home more remittances than ever.
From BBC
The impoverished Central American nation of 11 million people relies heavily on the remittances sent by migrants working in the U.S.
Hondurans working in the U.S. have sent some $10 billion in remittances so far this year, more than the whole of 2024, according to government data.
Economic growth is sluggish and depends heavily on remittances from Hondurans working abroad.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
