remittance
Money sent abroad
Remittance is money sent as payment, especially across a distance.
The word appears most often in formal or financial contexts: bills requesting remittance, or workers sending remittances to family in another country.
Remittances from abroad account for a significant portion of the country's GDP.
The verb is remit.
Thin metallic conductor
- swiftMoving with speed
- eftJuvenile terrestrial salamander
- achCeltic expression of frustration
- telegraphicExtremely brief in style
giro · wise · interbank · blockchain · cryptocurrency · ripple · mobile money
Prepaid negotiable instrument
- draftPreliminary version of text
- checkOrder to pay
- fundsAvailable financial resources
- cashReady spending funds
payout · disbursement · settlement · clearing · beneficiary · recipient · sender · amount
Scattered population sharing origins
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- migrantOne who relocates
- emigrantPerson resettling in another nation
- overseasIn foreign countries
abroad · home country · corridor · inflow · family support · host country · guest worker · receiving country
Related people together
- householdDomestic unit of residents
- dependentsPeople financially supported
- livelihoodMeans of earning income
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
education · healthcare · housing · bills · groceries · school fees · medical expenses · contribution
wire
Thin metallic conductor
telegraphic · giro · wise · interbank · blockchain · cryptocurrency · ripple · mobile money
money order
Prepaid negotiable instrument
cash · payout · disbursement · settlement · clearing · beneficiary · recipient · sender · amount · currency
diaspora
Scattered population sharing origins
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- migrantOne who relocates
- emigrantPerson resettling in another nation
overseas · abroad · home country · corridor · inflow · family support · host country · guest worker · receiving country · labor migration
family
Related people together
- householdDomestic unit of residents
- dependentsPeople financially supported
- livelihoodMeans of earning income
subsistence · education · healthcare · housing · bills · groceries · school fees · medical expenses · contribution · obligation
- paymentspayment, monthly payment, cash payment, payment date, credit cards
- transfertransfer, transferring, transference, transmitting, conveyance
- transferstransfer, money transfer, bank transfer, wire transfer, fund transfer
- billingbilling, bill, invoices, payment, invoicing
- fintechfintech, mobile banking, digital wallet, mobile payment, digital wallets
- digital transferswire transfer, bank transfer, PayPal, Venmo, Zelle
remittancereceipt
Written payment acknowledgment
collection · taking · withdrawal · extraction · receiving
remittancenonpayment
Failure to settle debts
default · underpayment · withholding · arrears · delinquency