"remit" has many meanings, which one is used more?
I found the word "remit" has many meanings when I check dictionary, and they are quite irrelevant to each other.

Which one is used more? It's hard to remember all of them.These are what I found in my dictionary:

n.
1. (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

v.
1. send (money) in payment

2. hold back to a later time

3. release from (claims, debts, or taxes)

4. refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision

5. forgive

6. make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

7. diminish or abate

Question

"remit" has many meanings, which one is used more?
I found the word "remit" has many meanings when I check dictionary, and they are quite irrelevant to each other.

Which one is used more? It's hard to remember all of them.These are what I found in my dictionary:

n.
1. (law) the act of remitting (especially the referral of a law case to another court)

v.
1. send (money) in payment

2. hold back to a later time

3. release from (claims, debts, or taxes)

4. refer (a matter or legal case) to another committee or authority or court for decision

5. forgive

6. make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

7. diminish or abate

Answer

In America we use it most often to mean send money.

Answer

It's a formal word with specialist usages.  I recommend that, for now, you learn only the particular usage you saw and no others. If you see the word again and the usage seems different, then go back to the dictionary and learn that usage.

Answer

I agree with Michael.

However the most common usage (in England anyway) would be :-

'1. send (money) in payment'

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