remainder
remainder Lexical Profile
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• noun
A part, number, or quantity that is left over after the greater part has been used, removed, or destroyed.
"She spent the remainder of the afternoon reading quietly on the porch."
In mathematics, the quantity left over after dividing one integer by another when the division does not result in an exact whole number, or the number left after subtraction.
"When you divide seventeen by five, the quotient is three with a remainder of two."
A copy of a book left unsold when demand has fallen, typically sold by the publisher at a greatly reduced price.
"He found a first-edition biography on the bookstore's table of remainders for just three dollars."
In property law, a future interest held by a third party that takes effect after the natural termination of a prior estate created at the same time.
"The will granted a life estate to the widow with the remainder passing to her children."
• verb
To dispose of unsold copies of a book or other merchandise at a reduced price.
"The publisher decided to remainder the leftover hardcover copies six months after release."
• Rhymes for remainder
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 14th century from Anglo-French 'remaindour', an nominalization of the Old French infinitive 'remaindre' (to remain), which ultimately derives from Latin 'remanere' (to stay behind).
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