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remit

/ˈriːmɪt/

B2CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Law verb

To send a matter back to the original decision-maker for reconsideration according to law.

The court quashed the refusal and remitted the application to the tribunal for a fresh hearing.

Similar: remit back

Topic: Public law in Legal English

Business noun

The defined scope of what a person or body is authorized to deal with.

Cybersecurity falls outside my remit; you'll need to take that to the CISO.

Similar: purview, mandate

Topic: Leadership & management in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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