| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| remit | |
| —vb , -mits, -mitting, -mitted | |
| 1. | (also intr) to send (money, payment, etc), as for goods or service, esp by post |
| 2. | law (esp of an appeal court) to send back (a case or proceeding) to an inferior court for further consideration or action |
| 3. | to cancel or refrain from exacting (a penalty or punishment) |
| 4. | (also intr) to relax (pace, intensity, etc) or (of pace or the like) to slacken or abate |
| 5. | to postpone; defer |
| 6. | archaic to pardon or forgive (crime, sins, etc) |
| —n | |
| 7. | the area of authority or responsibility of an individual or a group: by taking that action, the committee has exceeded its remit |
| 8. | law the transfer of a case from one court or jurisdiction to another, esp from an appeal court to an inferior tribunal |
| 9. | the act of remitting |
| 10. | something remitted |
| 11. | (NZ) a proposal from a branch of an organization put forward for discussion at the annual general meeting |
| [C14: from Latin remittere to send back, release, | |
| re'mittable | |
| —adj | |
| re'mittal | |
| —n | |
remit re·mit (rĭ-mĭt')
v. re·mit·ted, re·mit·ting, re·mits
To diminish; abate.
To transmit money.