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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. something left after other parts have been taken away;
- Example: "there was no remainder"
- Example: "he threw away the rest"
- Example: "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
[syn: remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest]

2. the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor;

3. the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend;
[syn: remainder, difference]

4. a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold;
[syn: end, remainder, remnant, oddment]


VERB (1)

1. sell cheaply as remainders;
- Example: "The publisher remaindered the books"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Remainder \Re*main"der\, a.
   Remaining; left; left over; refuse.
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         Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit
         After a voyage.                          --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Remainder \Re*main"der\ (r?-m?n"d?r), n. [OF. remaindre, inf.
   See Remain.]
   1. Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation
      and removal of a part; residue; remnant. "The last
      remainders of unhappy Troy." --Dryden.
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            If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes
            off clear, the remainder yields no salt.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.
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   2. (Math.) The quantity or sum that is left after
      subtraction, or after any deduction.
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   3. (Law) 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.
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   Syn: Balance; rest; residue; remnant; leavings.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

remainder
    n 1: something left after other parts have been taken away;
         "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he
         took what he wanted and I got the balance" [syn:
         remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum,
         rest]
    2: the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend
       is not evenly divisible by the divisor
    3: the number that remains after subtraction; the number that
       when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend [syn:
       remainder, difference]
    4: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been
       used or sold [syn: end, remainder, remnant, oddment]
    v 1: sell cheaply as remainders; "The publisher remaindered the
         books"