remainder

Pluralremainders

Formsremainders, remaindering, remaindered

1. 1
   noun

   The part that is left after some has been taken away or used up.

   Like the few cookies still in the jar after everyone has taken some.

   She ate half the cake and saved the remainder for later.

   After paying the rent, he put the remainder of his pay into savings.

   Similarrest, balance, remnant

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2. 2
   nouncountable

   In division, the amount left over when one number does not divide evenly into another.

   Like sharing twelve candies among five kids: each gets two, and two are left over.

   When you divide seventeen by five, the remainder is two.

   Ten divided by two leaves no remainder at all.

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3. 3
   nouncountable

   In subtraction, the number you have left after taking one number away from another.

   Subtract four from ten and the remainder is six.

   The teacher showed us how to check a remainder by adding it back to the number we took away.

   Similardifference, balance

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4. 4
   nouncountable

   Items a store could not sell that are now offered at a lower price.

   This book was a remainder, so it cost only two dollars.

   She found a warm coat among the store's remainders.

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5. 5
   adjective

   Left over and still there after the rest is gone.

   We used the remainder paint to fix the back door.

   She packed the remainder sandwiches for the drive home.

   Similarremaining, leftover, surplus, spare, residual

6. 6
   verbtransitive

   To mark unsold goods so they can be sold at a lower price.

   Like putting old toys in a sale box so they finally sell.

   The manager decided to remainder the leftover calendars.

   They plan to remainder the unsold stock next month.

   Similardiscount

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7. 7
   nouncountable

   In law, the right to own property only after another person's ownership of it ends.

   Like being promised a house that becomes yours only after someone else has lived in it for life.

   The will gave his wife the house for life, with the remainder going to their son.

   After her aunt's death, the remainder passed to the named heir.

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