Remainder
[rɪ'meɪndə] or [rɪ'mendɚ]
Definition
(noun.) the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend.
(noun.) the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor.
(noun.) something left after other parts have been taken away; 'there was no remainder'; 'he threw away the rest'; 'he took what he wanted and I got the balance'.
(verb.) sell cheaply as remainders; 'The publisher remaindered the books'.
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Definition
(n.) Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant.
(n.) The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction.
(n.) An estate in expectancy, generally in land, which becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's life interest is a particuar estate, and B's interest is a remainder, or estate in remainder.
(a.) Remaining; left; left over; refuse.
Typist: Wolfgang
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Remnant, residue, rest, remains, BALANCE.
Typist: Ruben
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Rest, residue, remnant, balance, surplus, leavings, relics, difference
ANT:Expenditure, loss, outgoings, issue, waste
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Examples
- General Sherman, leaving a force to hold Atlanta, with the remainder of his army fell upon him and drove him to Gadsden, Alabama. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Mr. Pickwick eyed the old man with great curiosity, and the remainder of the company smiled, and looked on in silence. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The remainder of the play ended--the Saracen's head was cut off, and Saint George stood as victor. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Most of the remainder of children's alleged native egoism is simply an egoism which runs counter to an adult's egoism. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The advance reached Cerralvo in four days and halted for the remainder of the troops to come up. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- After the second night at Goliad, Benjamin and I started to make the remainder of the journey alone. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The remainder of the sugar settles at the bottom of the vessel, and cannot be dissolved by any amount of stirring. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- I generally contrived to reserve a moiety of this bounteous repast for myself; but the remainder I was invariably obliged to part with. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- If we eliminate the three first, the unknown remainder will be justice. Plato. The Republic.
- When this is fastened the cloth is tacked around the remainder of the bed; being stretched as tightly as possible in every direction. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The remainders, being cut into lengths and split open, were tossed into the pan, which began hissing and crackling over the fire. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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