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    We spent a month in the UK with my brother this summer and heard a politician say on TV, "It is not in my remit" meaning, we assumed, that it is not his responsibility. What is "remit" short for?

    Question #50363. Asked by DerekT. (Aug 18 04 3:38 PM)


    solarbears

    		remittance



    Aug 18 04, 4:05 PM
    satguru

    		solarbears is technically correct, but it's the opposite way round. Remittance is an addition to remit, not remit as a contraction of remittance. It's just rarely heard on its own now so sounds odd. It simply comes from the Latin for re- mittere, send back.
    In this context it means field of responsibility, from its legal use as a frame of reference, but as a verb can also mean to not do something, pardon or refer depending on the context, but is mainly archaic.

    Aug 18 04, 6:09 PM

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