remainder

English Online Dictionary. What means remainder‎? What does remainder mean?

English

Alternative forms

• remainer (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, with infinitive used as noun.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmeɪndə/, /ɹəˈmeɪndə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈmeɪndɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪndə(ɹ)

Noun

remainder (plural remainders)

1. A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred.
2. (mathematics) The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If n (dividend) and d (divisor) are integers, then n can always be expressed in the form n = dq + r, where q (quotient) and r (remainder) are also integers and 0 ≤ r < d.

3. (mathematics) The number left over after a simple subtraction

5. (commerce) Excess stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.

6. (law) An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined

Synonyms

• (a part or parts remaining): remnant, residue, rest, lave; See also Thesaurus:remainder
• surplus

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “a part or parts remaining”): dearth, deficiency, deficit, shortage, undersupply

Derived terms

Translations

See also

Other terms used in arithmetic operations:

Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation

• modulus

See also

• remainderman

Adjective

remainder (not comparable)

1. Remaining.

Synonyms

• leftover

Translations

Verb

remainder (third-person singular simple present remainders, present participle remaindering, simple past and past participle remaindered)

1. (transitive, commerce) To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.

Translations

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English remainder.

Noun

remainder m (invariable)

1. a remainder, (book) sold at reduced price

Anagrams

• rimendare