הַשְׁמֵט, (Inf. Hif. of שָׁמַט, v. Deut. XV, 3) cancelling, esp. ה׳ כספים cancelling of (cash) debts in the Sabbatical year. Y. Shebi. X, 39ᶜ bot.; Y. Gitt. IV, 45ᶜ bot., sq. Y. Macc. I, 31ᵃ bot. כה׳ כספים הוא it is, like a cash debt, forfeited by limitation.