REMAINDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does remainder mean? 

• REMAINDER (noun)
  The noun REMAINDER has 4 senses:

1. something left after other parts have been taken away

2. the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor

3. the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend

4. a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

  Familiarity information: REMAINDER used as a noun is uncommon.

• REMAINDER (verb)
  The verb REMAINDER has 1 sense:

1. sell cheaply as remainders

  Familiarity information: REMAINDER used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REMAINDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something left after other parts have been taken away

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

balance; remainder; residual; residue; residuum; rest

Context example:

he took what he wanted and I got the balance

Hypernyms ("remainder" is a kind of...):

component; component part; constituent; part; portion (something determined in relation to something that includes it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remainder"):

leftover; remnant (a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists)

Derivation:

remain (be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.)

remainder (sell cheaply as remainders)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("remainder" is a kind of...):

number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

difference; remainder

Hypernyms ("remainder" is a kind of...):

number (a concept of quantity involving zero and units)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remainder"):

balance (the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

end; oddment; remainder; remnant

Hypernyms ("remainder" is a kind of...):

piece of cloth; piece of material (a separate part consisting of fabric)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "remainder"):

fag end (the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope)

Derivation:

remain (be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.)

• REMAINDER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they remainder    ... he / she / it remainders   
Past simple: remaindered   
Past participle: remaindered   
-ing form: remaindering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sell cheaply as remainders

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

The publisher remaindered the books

Hypernyms (to "remainder" is one way to...):

sell (exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent)

Domain category:

commerce; commercialism; mercantilism (transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

remainder (something left after other parts have been taken away)

 Context examples 

Researchers say genetics account for 31 to 55 percent of sleep duration and behavior and environment account for the remainder.

(Chronic Sleep Deprivation Suppresses Immune System, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The remainder of the day passed uneventfully.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Hannah, said Mr. St. John, at last, let her sit there at present, and ask her no questions; in ten minutes more, give her the remainder of that milk and bread.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

The Doctor gave out that he was not quite well; and remained alone, for a considerable part of every day, during the remainder of the visit.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

“The remainder of the sheet!” cried the Inspector.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If it should not be so, then the others who have been so good to us shall have remainder.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He backed up Spitz with his whip, while Buck backed up the remainder of the team.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

“Indirectly it may be of value, you know; you have only to put it into words to gain the reputation of being excellent company for the remainder of your existence.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

For roughly 8,900 women, researchers compared blood pressure readings in the first and second trimesters of pregnancy to blood pressure status in the remainder of pregnancy.

(Elevated blood pressure in first trimester increases risk for blood pressure disorder later in pregnancy, National Institutes of Health)

About 25 percent is composed of the mysterious dark matter, with normal matter making up the remainder.

(New Clues to Universe's Structure Revealed, NASA)