remittance /ɹɪˈmɪtəns/ noun3 •The act of sending money to someone. •Money which is sent to someone, typically to someone in another country. •Money sent by a foreign worker back to their home country.It had been built on remittances, Lamin told me, sent back by a local young man who had been doing well, driving a cab in Amsterdam, until his luck changed and the money abruptly stopped. — 2016 formsremittances