remainder

Meanings

Plural: remainders

Noun

• something left after other parts have been taken away
  • "there was no remainder"
• the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor
• the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
• a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
• A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred.
• The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If n (dividend) and d (divisor) are integers, then n can always be expressed in the form n = dq + r, where q (quotient) and r (remainder) are also integers and 0 ≤ r < d.
• The number left over after a simple subtraction
• Excess stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.
• An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined

Verb

• sell cheaply as remainders
  • "The publisher remaindered the books"
• To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.

Adj

• Remaining.

Synonyms

balance, difference, end, lave, leavings, leftover, oddment, ort, relic, remainder, remains, remanent, remnant, residual, residue, residuum, rest, rump, surplus

Antonyms

adjunct, dearth, decrement, deficiency, deficit, shortage, undersupply

Related Words

+ +... =, + =, =, log(base) =, modulus, Or sometimes, remainderman, residual, successor, × =, × ×... =, ÷ =, − =, √ =

Anagrams of remainder