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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.
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. 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.
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.
If a number (dividend) is not completely divisible by another number ( divisor) then we are left with a value once the division is done. This value is called the remainder. For example, 10 is not exactly divided by 3. Since the closest value, we can get 3 x 3 = 9.
REMAINDER meaning: 1. the part of something that is left after the other parts have gone, been used, or been taken…. Learn more.
