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Remainder

see synonyms of remainder

Noun

1. balance, remainder, residual, residue, residuum, rest

something left after other parts have been taken away

Example Sentences:
'there was no remainder'
'he threw away the rest'
'he took what he wanted and I got the balance'

2. remainder

the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor

3. difference, remainder

the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend

4. end, oddment, remainder, remnant

a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

Verb

5. remainder

sell cheaply as remainders

Example Sentences:
'The publisher remaindered the books'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Remainder

see synonyms of remainder
noun
1. 
a part or portion that is left, as after use, subtraction, expenditure, the passage of time, etc
the remainder of the milk
the remainder of the day
2. mathematics
a. 
the amount left over when one quantity cannot be exactly divided by another
for 10 ÷ 3, the remainder is 1
b.  another name for difference (sense 7b)
3. property law
a future interest in property; an interest in a particular estate that will pass to one at some future date, as on the death of the current possessor
4. 
a number of copies of a book left unsold when demand slows or ceases, which are sold at a reduced price by the publisher
verb
5. (transitive)
to sell (copies of a book) as a remainder

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Remainder

see synonyms of remainder
noun
1. 
those remaining
2. 
what is left when a part is taken away; the rest
3. 
a copy or number of copies of a book still held by a publisher when the sale has fallen off, usually disposed of at a greatly reduced price
4.  Law
an estate of expectancy but not in possession, as when land is conveyed by the same deed to one person while alive and at death to another and that person's heirs
5.  Ancient Mathematics
a. 
what is left when a smaller number is subtracted from a larger
b. 
what is left undivided when one number is divided by another that is not one of its factors
adjective
6.  Rare
remaining; leftover
verb transitive
7. 
to sell (books, etc.) as remainders

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Remainder

see synonyms of remainder
n.
1. Something left over after other parts have been taken away.
2. Mathematics
a. The number left over when one integer is divided by another: The remainder plus the product of the quotient times the divisor equals the dividend.
b. The number obtained when one number is subtracted from another; the difference.
3. Law An estate in property that takes effect after the expiration of another estate, as where one party is given the right to occupy a property for that party's lifetime, and then another party is given the same right after the first party's death.
4. A book that remains with a publisher after sales have fallen off, usually sold at a reduced price.
tr.v. re·main·dered, re·main·der·ing, re·main·ders
To sell or dispose of as a remainder.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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