remainder

Alternative forms

• remainer (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, with infinitive used as noun.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmeɪndə/, /ɹəˈmeɪndə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈmeɪndɚ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪndə(ɹ)

Noun

remainder (plural remainders)

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

   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.

   • 1951 June, “The Why and the Wherefore: Railways and Summer Time”, in Railway Magazine, page 429:

     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.

   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:

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

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.

   17 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3.

   11 divided by 2 is 5 remainder 1.

3. (mathematics) The number left over after a simple subtraction

   10 minus 4 leaves a remainder of 6

5. (commerce) Excess stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.

   I got a really good price on this shirt because it was a remainder.

6. (law) An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined

Adjective

remainder (not comparable)

1. Remaining.

Verb

remainder (third-person singular simple present remainders, present participle remaindering, simple past and past participle remaindered)

1. (transitive, 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.

Etymology

Borrowed from English remainder.

Noun

remainder m (invariable)

1. a remainder, (book) sold at reduced price

Anagrams

• rimendare