 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
remainder
noun
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: {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: {difference}]
4: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been
used or sold [syn: {end}, {remnant}, {oddment}]
verb: sell cheaply as remainders; "The publisher remaindered the
books"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Remainder \Re*main"der\ (r?-m?n"d?r), noun [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.
If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes
off clear, the remainder yields no salt.
--Arbuthnot.
2. (Math.) The quantity or sum that is left after
subtraction, or after any deduction.
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.
Syn: Balance; rest; residue; remnant; leavings.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Remainder \Re*main"der\, adjective
Remaining; left; left over; refuse.
Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit
After a voyage. --Shak.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
106 Moby Thesaurus words for "remainder":
adjunct, afterlife, balance, bonus, component, contingent,
copyhold, credit, cross section, deficit, detachment, detail,
difference, discrepancy, dividend, division, dole, epact,
equitable estate, estate at sufferance, estate for life,
estate for years, estate in expectancy, estate in fee,
estate in possession, estate tail, excess, extra, fee, fee simple,
fee tail, feod, feodum, feud, feudal estate, fief, following,
fraction, future time, gratuity, hangover, heel, installment, item,
lagniappe, lateness, lease, leasehold, leavings, leftover,
leftovers, legal estate, margin, net, next life, overage,
overmeasure, overplus, overrun, overset, overstock, oversupply,
paramount estate, parcel, part, particular, particular estate,
percentage, plus, portion, postdate, postdating, posteriority,
pourboire, provenience, quadrant, quarter, quota, random sample,
remains, remnant, residual, residue, residuum, rest, reversion,
sample, sampling, section, sector, segment, sequence, share,
something extra, spare, subdivision, subgroup, subsequence,
subspecies, succession, supervenience, supervention, surplus,
surplusage, tip, vested estate
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