Definition(s)
- In the global context, a cross-border person-to-person payment of relatively low value.
- In the EU context, a financial transfer from a migrant to a beneficiary(ies) in the migrant’s country of origin.
Source(s)
- Global context: World Bank: Committee on Payment and Settlement System: General principles for remittances, January 2007, p. 6
- EU context: Footnote 7 of COM(2005) 390
Translations
- BG: парични трансфери на емигранти
- CS: remitence
- DE: Rücküberweisung
- EL: έμβασμα
- EN: remittance
- ES: remesas
- ET: rahaülekanded
- FI: rahalähetys
- FR: envois de fonds
- GA: seoltán
- HU: hazautalás
- IT: rimessa
- LT: pinigų perlaidos
- LV: naudas pārvedumi
- MT: Trasferimenti / Bgħit ta’ flus (minn migranti lejn benefiċjarji f’pajjiżhom)
- NL: geldovermaking / geldoverdracht / geldtransfer
- PL: przekazy pienieżne / transfery pieniężne
- PT: remessas
- RO: remitenţă
- SK: remitencie
- SL: nakazilo
- SV: överföring
- NO: pengeoverføringer (b); pengeoverføringar (n)
- KA: ფულადი გზავნილი
- UK: грошові перекази