remainder
IPA: rɪmˈeɪndɝ
noun
- A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred.
- (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.
- (mathematics) The number left over after a simple subtraction
- (commerce) Excess stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.
- (law) An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined
verb
- (transitive, commerce) To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.
adjective
- Remaining.
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Examples of "remainder" in Sentences
- The remainder are discretionary.
- Delete the remainder of the list.
- The remainder of the crew survived.
- The remainder are largely polemical.
- It infects the remainder of the pages.
- The remainder of the regiment disbanded.
- The inequality satisfied by the remainder.
- The remainder is factual and indisputable.
- The configuration of the remainder is unclear.
- The remainder of the programming is automated.
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