Definition of remainder
(Entry 1 of 3)
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
2a
: 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
remainder
adjectiveremainder
verbDefinition of remainder (Entry 3 of 3)
: to dispose of as remainders
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The first known use of remainder was in the 14th century
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