remainder
A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred.
Example
“My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder.”
Other meanings
The number left over after a simple subtraction
“10 minus 4 leaves a remainder of 6”
Excess stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.
“I got a really good price on this shirt because it was a remainder.”
Synonyms
- balance
- residual
- residue
- rest
Related words
- pseudoremainder
- remainderless
- remaindership
- remainderman
- Chinese remainder theorem
- remainder mark
- remainder trust
- remainder-man
- vested remainder
- contingent remainder
Word history
From Anglo-Norman "remaindre".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “remainder” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.