remainder

(noun, adjective, verb)

adjective

1. remaining

noun

1. something left after other parts have been taken away

- there was no remainder

Similar word(s): balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest

Definition categories: link, component, constituent, part, portion

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

Definition categories: quantity, number

3. the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend

Similar word(s): difference

Definition categories: quantity, number

4. a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

Similar word(s): end, oddment, remnant

Definition categories: man–made

Sentences with remainder as a noun:

- My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder.

- You can have the remainder of my clothes.

- 17 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3.

- 11 divided by 2 is 5 remainder 1.

- 10 minus 4 leaves a remainder of 6

- I got a really good price on this shirt because it was a remainder.

verb

1. sell cheaply as remainders

- The publisher remaindered the books

Definition categories: possession, sell

Sentences with remainder as a verb:

- The bookstore remaindered the unsold copies of that book at the end of summer at a reduced price.