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remainder
(r/I/'m/eI/nd/@/r )

adjective (a)

  • Remaining; left; left over; refuse.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • something left after other parts have been taken away(noun.linkdef)
    Example:
    There was no remainder.
    Synonym:
    balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest
    source: wordnet30
  • the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor(noun.quantity)
    source: wordnet30
  • the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend(noun.quantity)
    Synonym:
    difference
    source: wordnet30
  • a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    end, oddment, remnant
    source: wordnet30
  • Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • sell cheaply as remainders(verb.possession)
    Example:
    The publisher remaindered the books.
    source: wordnet30
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