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Definition of Remainder

1. Noun. Something left after other parts have been taken away. "He took what he wanted and I got the balance"

2. Verb. Sell cheaply as remainders. "The publisher remaindered the books"

3. Noun. The part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor.

4. Noun. The number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend.

5. Noun. A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold.

Definition of Remainder

1. n. Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant.

2. a. Remaining; left; left over; refuse.

Definition of Remainder

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Remainder

1. 1. Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant. "The last remainders of unhappy Troy." "If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes off clear, the remainder yields no salt." (Arbuthnot) 2. The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction. 3. 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. Synonym: Balance, rest, residue, remnant, leavings. Origin: OF. Remaindre, inf. See Remain. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Remainder

reluming relumining rely relying relyric REM REM remade remades remail

remailed remailing remails remain remainder (current term) remainder (current term) remaindered remaindering remainders remained

remaining remains remain down remain firm Remak's fibres Remak's ganglia Remak's nuclear division Remak's plexus Remak's reflex Remak's sign

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