Definition of REMAINDER

remainder

Plural: remainders

Noun

  • something left after other parts have been taken away
    • "there was no remainder"
  • the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor
  • the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
  • a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
  • A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred.
  • 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.
  • The number left over after a simple subtraction
  • Excess stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.
  • An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined

Verb

  • sell cheaply as remainders
    • "The publisher remaindered the books"
  • To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.

Adj

  • Remaining.

Examples

  • 10 minus 4 leaves a remainder of 6
  • 11 divided by 2 is 5 remainder 1.
  • 17 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3.
  • He spent the remainder of the war in a prisoner-of-war camp.
  • I got a really good price on this shirt because it was a remainder.
  • My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder.
  • The bookstore remaindered the unsold copies of that book at the end of summer.
  • You can have the remainder of my clothes.

Origin / Etymology

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

Scrabble Score: 12

remainder: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
remainder: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
remainder: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

remainder: valid Words With Friends Word