remainder
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.