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re⋅main⋅der

[ri-meyn-der]

–noun

1.	something that remains or is left: the remainder of the day.

2.	a remaining part.

Arithmetic.

a.	the quantity that remains after subtraction.

b.	the portion of the dividend that is not evenly divisible by the divisor.

4.	Mathematics. the difference between a function or a number and an approximation to it.

5.	Law. a future interest so created as to take effect at the end of another estate, as when property is conveyed to one person for life and then to another.

6.	remainders, Philately. the quantities of stamps on hand after they have been demonetized or otherwise voided for postal use.

7.	a copy of a book remaining in the publisher's stock when its sale has practically ceased, frequently sold at a reduced price.

–adjective

8.	remaining; leftover.

–verb (used with object)

9.	to dispose of or sell as a remainder.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < AF, n. use of MF remaindre to remain

Synonyms:
1. residuum, remnant, excess, rest, overage. 2. Remainder, balance, residue, surplus refer to a portion left over. Remainder is the general word (the remainder of one's life); it may refer in particular to the mathematical process of subtraction: 7 minus 5 leaves a remainder of 2. Balance, originally a bookkeeper's term referring to the amount of money left to one's account (a bank balance), is often used as a synonym for remainder: the balance of the day. Residue is used particularly to designate what remains as the result of a process; this is usually a chemical process, but the word may also refer to a legal process concerning inheritance: a residue of ash left from burning leaves. Surplus suggests that what remains is in excess of what was needed: a surplus of goods.

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re·main·der (rĭ-mān'dər)

Something left over after other parts have been taken away.
Mathematics
1. The number left over when one integer is divided by another: The remainder plus the product of the quotient times the divisor equals the dividend.
2. The number obtained when one number is subtracted from another; the difference.
Law An estate in land that is conveyed only after the termination of a preceding estate created at the same time.
A book that remains with a publisher after sales have fallen off, usually sold at a reduced price.

tr.v. re·main·dered, re·main·der·ing, re·main·ders
To sell or dispose of as a remainder.

[Middle English, second party's right of ownership, from Anglo-Norman, from remeindre, to remain, variant of Old French remaindre, remainer; see remain.]

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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.

If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes off clear, the remainder yields no salt. --Arbuthnot.

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

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.

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

Remainder

Re*main"der\, a. Remaining; left; left over; refuse.

Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit After a voyage. --Shak.

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Language Translation for : remainder

Spanish: resto,

German: der Rest,

Japanese: 残り

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Main Entry: re·main·der
Function: noun
Etymology: Anglo-French, from Old French remaindre to remain
1 : an estate in property in favor of one other than the grantor that follows upon the natural termination of a prior intervening possessory estate (as a life estate) created at the same time and by the same instrument —compare future interest at INTEREST 1, REVERSION

charitable remainder
: a remainder in favor of a charity

contingent remainder
: a remainder that is to take effect in favor of an unidentifiable person (as one not yet born) or upon the occurrence of an uncertain event called also executory remainder

cross remainder
: either of two or more remainders in favor of two or more persons so that upon the termination of one remainder that share goes to the other or others

executory remainder
: CONTINGENT REMAINDER in this entry

remainder vested subject to open
: a vested remainder that is subject to diminution by the shares of other remaindermen (as children born later)

vested remainder
: a remainder in the favor of an ascertained person who has a present interest and is entitled to take possession upon the termination of the prior estate
2 : that which remains or is left; specifically : the property in a decedent's estate that is not otherwise devised or bequeathed remainder of my estate to my son Michael>

remainder (rĭ-mān'dər) Pronunciation Key
In division, the difference between the dividend and the product of the quotient and divisor. Dividing 14 by 3 gives 4 and a remainder of 2.

remainder

in Anglo-American law, a future interest held by one person in the property of another, which, upon the happening of a certain event, will become his own. The holder of this interest is known in legal terms as a remainderman.

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