remainder
n.
something which remains; remnant, piece of fabric which is left over after the rest of the fabric has been sold or used; balance: (Mathematics) amount that remains after division; (Mathematics) difference, number acquired after subtraction
v.
sell items as remainders, sell leftover items; sell a book at a reduced price after it is no longer popular or in demand
adj.
that remains, remaining; leftover
Remainder
remainder
Noun
1. something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
(synonym) balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest
(hypernym) part, portion, component part, component
(hyponym) leftover, remnant
2. the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor
(hypernym) number
3. the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
(synonym) difference
(hypernym) number
(hyponym) balance
4. a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
(synonym) end, remnant, oddment
(hypernym) piece of cloth, piece of material
(hyponym) fag end
(derivation) remain
Verb
1. sell cheaply as remainders; "The publisher remaindered the books"
(hypernym) sell
(derivation) balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest
(classification) commerce, commercialism, mercantilism
remainder (m)
n.
remainder, stock of unsold books
Remainder
(n.)
The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction.
(n.)
Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant.
(n.)
An estate in expectancy, generally in land, which becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's life interest is a particuar estate, and B's interest is a remainder, or estate in remainder.
(a.)
Remaining; left; left over; refuse.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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