Meaning

A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred..

Definitions by Sense

1. A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred.
2. (mathematics) The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If n (dividend) and d (divisor) are integers, then n can always be expressed in the form n = dq + r, where q (quotient) and r (remainder) are also integers and 0 ≤ r < d.
3. (mathematics) The number left over after a simple subtraction
4. (commerce) Excess stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.
5. (law) An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined
6. Remaining.
7. (transitive, commerce) To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.

Example Sentences

My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder.

You can have the remainder of my clothes.

He spent the remainder of the war in a prisoner-of-war camp.

When the clocks are put forward at the introduction of summer time, the long-distance night trains automatically become one hour late, and continue to run late for the remainder of their journeys. […] Similarly, when the clocks are put back in the autumn, the night trains become one hour early.

Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.

17 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3.

11 divided by 2 is 5 remainder 1.

10 minus 4 leaves a remainder of 6

Word Forms

• remainders
• remainer
• remaindering
• remaindered

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Use remainder when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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