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/rɪmˈeɪndər/ /rimˈeɪndər/ Listen

noun

Remainder n.

Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant. "The last remainders of unhappy Troy." "If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes off clear, the remainder yields no salt."

(Math.) The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction.

(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.

Synonyms: Balance; rest; residue; remnant; leavings.

adjective

Remainder adj. Remaining; left; left over; refuse. "Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit After a voyage."

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Etymology of 'Remainder'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Remainder" Quotes from Famous Books

... up columns of English money figures, we have to divide the total of the pence by 12, the total of the shillings by 20, and only set down the remainder, carrying over the quotient. With the American currency the dollars are set down in one column, the cents in another, but the whole are added up together, then the two right-hand figures of the product struck off. These are the cents, all the rest are dollars. There ...

— The Truth About America • Edward Money

... configuration of the ground, the position of the contending forces, the strategic object of the battle; or, by a combination of these. For example, when one wing of the enemy rests on a height that commands the remainder of his line, this would seem the decisive point to be attacked, for its occupation would secure the greatest advantages; but this point may be so very difficult of access, or be so related to the strategic object as to render its ...

— Elements of Military Art and Science • Henry Wager Halleck

... your unfashionably retentive memory bring me so much of sweetness, then am I happy in your being unfashionable." And as she fastened a few to her corsage, placing the remainder in a vase, she continued: "See, god-mother dear, my sweet tea-roses with their perfumed voice will remind us of our ...

— A Heart-Song of To-day • Annie Gregg Savigny

... the criminals were properly jailed and the boys had given their testimony, they obtained a good night's rest and then set off for Carson Denton's plantation. The remainder of the trip proved uneventful, and when they reached their destination they felt in the best of spirits once more. The news of what had occurred had preceded them, and they were looked upon as heroes by the girls and Mrs. ...

— The Rover Boys on the Plains - The Mystery of Red Rock Ranch • Arthur Winfield

... to their industrial needs and to what is expected in that grade of society—and does not fit them for any other place in society. One-fifth of the nation cannot read, and the education of the great majority of the remainder, when not limited to the "three R's," does not go far enough to create a taste for reading books; and, shut off as they have been from participation in political life, they have too little interest in public concerns to read the newspapers. That is, as compared ...

— The Education of American Girls • Anna Callender Brackett

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