remise

Meanings

Verb

• To send or give back.
• To surrender all interest in a property by executing a deed, to quitclaim.

Noun

• A return or surrender of a claim, property etc.
• A house for covered carriages; a chaise house.
• A hired livery carriage of a kind superior to an ordinary fiacre; so called because kept in a remise.
• A renewal of a failed action, without withdrawing the arm.
• The repetition or return of the opening material later in a composition.

Origin

• From Anglo-Norman remis, Middle French remis, past participle of remettre; Middle French remise (noun), from feminine past participle of remettre.
• From French remise.