Remainder Definition

rĭ-māndər
remainders
noun
remainders
Those remaining.
Webster's New World
What is left when a part is taken away; the rest.
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What is left undivided when one number is divided by another that is not one of its factors.
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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.
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What is left when a smaller number is subtracted from a larger.
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verb
remainders
To sell (books, etc.) as remainders.
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(commerce) To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.

The bookstore remaindered the unsold copies of that book at the end of summer at a reduced price.
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adjective
Remaining; leftover.
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Other Word Forms of Remainder

Noun

Singular:
remainder
Plural:
remainders

Origin of Remainder

  • Middle English second party's right of ownership from Anglo-Norman from remeindre to remain variant of Old French remaindre, remainer remain

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From remain +"Ž -er.

    From Wiktionary

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