The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Remittance \Re*mit"tance\ (r?-m?t"tans), n.
   1. The act of transmitting money, bills, or the like, esp. to
      a distant place, as in satisfaction of a demand, or in
      discharge of an obligation.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The sum or thing remitted. --Addison.
      [1913 Webster]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

remittance
    n 1: a payment of money sent to a person in another place [syn:
         remittance, remittal, remission, remitment]

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

46 Moby Thesaurus words for "remittance":
   acquitment, acquittal, acquittance, allowance, amortization,
   amortizement, binder, cash, cash payment, clearance, consideration,
   debt service, defrayal, defrayment, deposit, disbursal, discharge,
   doling out, down payment, earnest, earnest money, hire purchase,
   hire purchase plan, installment, installment plan,
   interest payment, liquidation, monthly payments, never-never,
   paying, paying off, paying out, paying up, payment,
   payment in kind, payoff, prepayment, quarterly payments, quittance,
   regular payments, retirement, satisfaction, settlement,
   sinking-fund payment, spot cash, weekly payments



Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

REMITTANCE, comm. law. Money sent by one merchant to another, either in
specie, bill of exchange, draft or otherwise.