remise

Meanings

1. To send or give back.
2. To surrender all interest in a property by executing a deed; to quitclaim.

1. A return or surrender of a claim, property etc.

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

Etymology

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