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- Dictionaryremainder/rɪˈmeɪndə/
noun
- 1. a part of something that is left over when other parts have been completed, used, or dealt with: "leave a few mushrooms for garnish and slice the remainder"
- 2. a property interest that becomes effective in possession only when a prior interest (created at the same time) ends.
verb
- 1. dispose of (a book left unsold) at a reduced price: "titles are being remaindered increasingly quickly to save on overheads"
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REMAINDER definition: 1. the part of something that is left after the other parts have gone, been used, or been taken…. Learn more.
Definition of Remainder. The definition of remainder in math can be given as the leftover number in a division problem. If the number is not completely divisible by another number, then we are left with a value, which is called remainder. A remainder is always less than the divisor.
The meaning of REMAINDER is an interest or estate in property that follows and is dependent on the termination of a prior intervening possessory estate created at the same time by the same instrument. How to use remainder in a sentence.
noun. something that remains or is left: the remainder of the day. Synonyms: overage, rest, excess, remnant, residuum. a remaining part. Arithmetic. the quantity that remains after subtraction. the portion of the dividend that is not evenly divisible by the divisor.
An amount left over after division, which happens when the first number does not divide exactly by the other. Example: 19 cannot be divided exactly by 5. The closest you can get without going over is 3 x 5 = 15, which is 4 less than 19. So the remainder is 4.
noun. 1. a part or portion that is left, as after use, subtraction, expenditure, the passage of time, etc. the remainder of the milk. the remainder of the day. 2. mathematics. a. the amount left over when one quantity cannot be exactly divided by another. for 10 ÷ 3, the remainder is 1.
n. 1. a part or portion that is left, as after use, subtraction, expenditure, the passage of time, etc: the remainder of the milk; the remainder of the day. 2. (Mathematics) maths. a. the amount left over when one quantity cannot be exactly divided by another: for 10 ÷ 3, the remainder is 1. b. another name for difference 7b. 3.
REMAINDER meaning: 1. the part of something that is left after the other parts have gone, been used, or been taken…. Learn more.
The remainder is whatever is left after the rest has been used up or taken away. In math, if you know the remainder is the number that's left after you divide, that will help you remember the meaning of this word: a remainder is what you have when others things are gone.
REMAINDER definition: the things or people that are left when everything or everyone else has gone or been dealt with: . Learn more.
