remainder

¹re·main·der

noun \ri-ˈmān-dər\

Definition of REMAINDER

1

: an interest or estate in property that follows and is dependent on the termination of a prior intervening possessory estate created at the same time by the same instrument

2

a : a remaining group, part, or trace

b (1) : the number left after a subtraction (2) : the final undivided part after division that is less or of lower degree than the divisor

3

: a book sold at a reduced price by the publisher after sales have slowed

Examples of REMAINDER

1. 2 subtracted from 5 gives a remainder of 3.
2. 5 goes into 29 five times with a remainder of 4.

Origin of REMAINDER

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from remaindre, verb

First Known Use: 14th century

Related to REMAINDER

Synonyms

balance, leavings, leftovers, odds and ends, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest

Related Words

fragment, scrap, vestige; butt, oddment, scraping(s), stub, stump; excess, fat, overabundance, overage, overflow, overkill, overmuch, oversupply, superabundance, superfluity, surfeit, surplus

Near Antonyms

body, bulk, main, mass, most, weight

Rhymes with REMAINDER

attainder

²remainder

adjective

Definition of REMAINDER

: leftover, remaining

First Known Use of REMAINDER

1567

³remainder

transitive verb

remainderedremainder·ing \-d(ə-)riŋ\

Definition of REMAINDER

: to dispose of as remainders

Examples of REMAINDER

1. The book did not sell well and ended up being remaindered.

First Known Use of REMAINDER

1904