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• a ban preventing companies from remitting profits, dividends or capital abroad
• Our overseas branches remit a small proportion of their profits to the parent company.
• The appeal was remitted to the Employment Tribunal for a fresh hearing.
• The court has the power to remit the debt.
• This problem is outside our remit.
• Our remit was to make the newsletter brighter and livelier.
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The Treasury's remit has never been more wide-ranging than it is now.
»As independent broadcasters, it is part of our remit to cater for minority audiences and promote diversity.
»Her appointment to the board comes with a remit to focus on its corporate social responsibility.
»a narrow/wide remit
have a/no remit to do sth »The Commission had the remit to consider how small companies could compete in the public-sector market.
be/fall outside sb's remit »Where a case falls outside the ombudsman's remit, the aggrieved customer has no alternative but to take the company involved to court.
be/fall within/under sb's remit »Many such cases will fall within the remit of the small claims court.
»His remit includes strategy development, and pricing and packaging issues, as well as regulatory affairs.
The British parent company of a multinational group may need to remit profits from its foreign subsidiaries to Britain, so that it has enough money to pay its own dividends.
remit taxes/proceeds/funds »Legislation requires businesses to collect and remit sales tax on a six-monthly basis.
The case will be remitted to the tribunal for reconsideration.
The fine was calculated at £3,500 but was subsequently remitted.
the taxes have been remitted - налоги были сняты
to remit pain [suffering] - умерить боль [страдания]
to remit the sentence - смягчить меру наказания
to remit one's anger - умерить свой гнев
to remit watchfulness - притупить бдительность
the pain has remitted - боль уменьшилась /стихла/
the storm has remitted - буря прекратилась /улеглась/
kindly remit by return post - просим оплатить /переслать деньги/ обратной почтой
foreign workers arrange to remit part of their pay to their families - иностранные рабочие договариваются о переводе части их зарплаты своим семьям
to instruct a bank to remit money — дать поручение банку о переводе денег
he have never remitted his attention to business — он никогда не оставлял бизнес без внимания
we must for the present remit our reply — пока что мы должны отложить наш ответ