remit

ámbito de competencia, competencias

Conjunto de asuntos, tareas o decisiones que corresponden a una persona u organización.

En inglés sencillo: The subjects, tasks, or decisions that a person or organization is responsible for.

• Safety is part of her remit.
• The committee's remit includes checking public spending.
• This issue falls outside our remit.

Cómo se usa: within someone's remit (Staff training falls within my remit.); outside someone's remit (The dispute lies outside the committee's remit.); a remit to do something (The panel has a remit to review school funding.)

Sinónimos: scope, brief, terms of reference

Expresiones frecuentes: within someone's remit, outside someone's remit, a broad remit

remitir, enviar

Enviar dinero a alguien, normalmente para hacer un pago.

En inglés sencillo: To send money to someone, usually as a payment.

• Please remit the full amount.
• They remitted the money to her account yesterday.
• Customers must remit payment within thirty days.

Cómo se usa: remit something to someone/something (Please remit the payment to our bank account.)

Sinónimos: send, transfer

Expresiones frecuentes: remit payment, remit the balance, remit money

condonar, remitir

Cancelar oficialmente una pena, deuda u obligación para que la persona ya no tenga que cumplirla o pagarla.

En inglés sencillo: To officially cancel a punishment, debt, or duty, so someone no longer has to face or pay it.

• The judge remitted the fine.
• Part of his prison sentence was remitted.
• The government agreed to remit the remaining debt.

Sinónimos: cancel, waive, forgive

Antónimos: impose, enforce

Expresiones frecuentes: remit a fine, remit a sentence, remit a debt