Definition of Remainder

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

Exact synonyms: Balance, Residual, Residue, Residuum, Rest
Generic synonyms: Component, Component Part, Constituent, Part, Portion
Specialized synonyms: Leftover, Remnant
Derivative terms: Remain, Residual, Residual, Residuary

2. Verb. Sell cheaply as remainders. "The publisher remaindered the books"
Category relationships: Commerce, Commercialism, Mercantilism
Generic synonyms: Sell

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

4. Noun. The number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend.
Exact synonyms: Difference
Specialized synonyms: Balance
Generic synonyms: Number

5. Noun. A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold.
Exact synonyms: End, Oddment, Remnant
Specialized synonyms: Fag End
Generic synonyms: Piece Of Cloth, Piece Of Material
Derivative terms: Remain

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
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remaindered
remaindering
remainders
remained
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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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