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Meaning of remainder in English
Pronunciation
/rəˈmeɪndər/
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Verb
remainder
Definitions
1.
sell cheaply as remainders
Examples
« The publisher remaindered the books »
Noun
remainder
Etymology
late Middle English (in remainder (sense 2 of the noun)): from Anglo-Norman French, from Latin remanere (see remain)
Definitions
1.
something left after other parts have been taken away
Examples
« there was no remainder »
« he threw away the rest »
« he took what he wanted and I got the balance »
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
Examples
« the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend »
4.
a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold