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Postby uncronopio » Mon May 09, 2005 10:08 pm

Remit vt:
  • * To forgive or pardon.
    * To refrain from exacting, inflicting or enforcing.
    * To let slacken.
    * To submit for consideration.
    * To put back.
    * To put off, postpone.
    * To send in payment.
    * To give up.
n 1. The act of remitting 2. (British) The area of responsibility.

At the moment I am reading a few manuscripts for a couple of journals and found n.2, which I thought was an unusual term.
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Postby gailr » Mon May 09, 2005 10:18 pm

* To put off, postpone.
* To give up.
* To send in payment.
Perhaps they should be in this order? :)


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