# remainder

Pronunciation: US say "ri-MAYN-dur" /ɹəˈmeɪndɚ/; UK say "ri-MAYN-duh" /ɹɪˈmeɪndə/

## Noun

1. The part or parts that are left after some has been removed or has already happened.
   - Simple: The part that is left after some has been taken away or used up.
   - _Once the storm passed, the crew spent the remainder of the day clearing debris._
   - _Most guests left early, but the remainder stayed until well past midnight._
2. The amount left over after dividing one whole number by another as many whole times as possible.
   - Simple: In division, the amount left over when one number does not divide evenly into another.
   - _Dividing 23 by 4 gives a quotient of 5 and a remainder of 3._
   - _The algorithm checks whether the remainder equals zero to test for divisibility._
3. The number left after one quantity is subtracted from another.
   - Simple: In subtraction, the number you have left after taking one number away from another.
   - _Subtracting the smaller figure from the larger leaves a remainder of forty._
   - _The bookkeeper recorded the remainder after deducting the costs from the total._
4. Surplus stock items left unsold and offered at a reduced price.
   - Simple: Items a store could not sell that are now offered at a lower price.
   - _The shop set out a table of remainders after the holiday season ended._
   - _He bought the hardcover as a remainder for a fraction of its original price._
7. A future interest in an estate that takes effect only after a prior estate created by the same document has ended.
   - Simple: In law, the right to own property only after another person's ownership of it ends.
   - _The deed granted a life estate to the widow and a remainder to her children._
   - _A vested remainder gives the holder a certain future right to the property._

## Adjective

5. Still present and left after the rest has gone or been used.
   - Simple: Left over and still there after the rest is gone.
   - _The committee allocated the remainder seats to latecomers._
   - _Volunteers spread the remainder gravel along the edge of the new path._

## Verb

6. To mark or declare unsold items as available at a reduced price.
   - Simple: To mark unsold goods so they can be sold at a lower price.
   - _The publisher chose to remainder several thousand unsold copies._
   - _After the season ended, the store remaindered its surplus inventory._

## Origin

From Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, where the infinitive verb was used as a noun.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/remainder (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).