'Remainder' definitions:
Definition of 'remainder'
From: WordNet
noun
Something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" [syn: remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest]
noun
The part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor
noun
The number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend [syn: remainder, difference]
noun
A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold [syn: end, remainder, remnant, oddment]
verb
Sell cheaply as remainders; "The publisher remaindered the books"
Definition of 'Remainder'
From: GCIDE
- Remainder \Re*main"der\ (r?-m?n"d?r), n. [OF. remaindre, inf. See Remain.]
- 1. Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant. "The last remainders of unhappy Troy." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes off clear, the remainder yields no salt. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Math.) The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) An estate in expectancy, generally in land, which becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's life interest is a particuar estate, and B's interest is a remainder, or estate in remainder. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Balance; rest; residue; remnant; leavings. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Remainder'
From: GCIDE
- Remainder \Re*main"der\, a. Remaining; left; left over; refuse. [1913 Webster]
- Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit After a voyage. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'remainder'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adjunct,
- afterlife,
- balance,
- bonus,
- component,
- contingent,
- copyhold,
- credit,
- cross section,
- deficit,
- detachment,
- detail,
- difference,
- discrepancy,
- dividend,
- division,
- dole,
- epact,
- equitable estate,
- estate at sufferance,
- estate for life,
- estate for years,
- estate in expectancy,
- estate in fee,
- estate in possession,
- estate tail,
- excess,
- extra,
- fee,
- fee simple,
- fee tail,
- feod,
- feodum,
- feud,
- feudal estate,
- fief,
- following,
- fraction,
- future time,
- gratuity,
- hangover,
- heel,
- installment,
- item,
- lagniappe,
- lateness,
- lease,
- leasehold,
- leavings,
- leftover,
- leftovers,
- legal estate,
- margin,
- net,
- next life,
- overage,
- overmeasure,
- overplus,
- overrun,
- overset,
- overstock,
- oversupply,
- paramount estate,
- parcel,
- part,
- particular,
- particular estate,
- percentage,
- plus,
- portion,
- postdate,
- postdating,
- posteriority,
- pourboire,
- provenience,
- quadrant,
- quarter,
- quota,
- random sample,
- remains,
- remnant,
- residual,
- residue,
- residuum,
- rest,
- reversion,
- sample,
- sampling,
- section,
- sector,
- segment,
- sequence,
- share,
- something extra,
- spare,
- subdivision,
- subgroup,
- subsequence,
- subspecies,
- succession,
- supervenience,
- supervention,
- surplus,
- surplusage,
- tip,
- vested estate