# remainder
## English
### Alternative forms

* remainer (obsolete)

### Etymology

From Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, with infinitive used as noun.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɹɪˈmeɪndə/, /ɹəˈmeɪndə/
* (General American) IPA: /ɹəˈmeɪndɚ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪndə(ɹ)

### Noun

remainder (plural remainders)
* A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed or already occurred.
    My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder.
    You can have the remainder of my clothes.
    He spent the remainder of the war in a prisoner-of-war camp.
** 1951 June, “The Why and the Wherefore: Railways and Summer Time”, in Railway Magazine, page 429:When the clocks are put forward at the introduction of summer time, the long-distance night trains automatically become one hour late, and continue to run late for the remainder of their journeys. […] Similarly, when the clocks are put back in the autumn, the night trains become one hour early.
** 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
* (mathematics) The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If n (dividend) and d (divisor) are integers, then n can always be expressed in the form n = dq + r, where q (quotient) and r (remainder) are also integers and 0 ≤ r < d.
    17 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3.
    11 divided by 2 is 5 remainder 1.
* (mathematics) The number left over after a simple subtraction
    10 minus 4 leaves a remainder of 6
* (commerce) 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.
* (law) An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined

#### Synonyms

* (a part or parts remaining): remnant, residue, rest, lave; See also Thesaurus:remainder
* surplus

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “a part or parts remaining”): dearth, deficiency, deficit, shortage, undersupply

#### Derived terms

* Chinese remainder theorem
* contingent remainder
* R (mathematics)
* remainder-man
* remainderman
* remainder mark
* remainder trust
* vested remainder
* vested remainder subject to open

#### Translations

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#### See also

Other terms used in arithmetic operations:
* successor
* addition, summation:
    (augend) + (addend) = (total)
    (summand) + (summand) + (summand)... = (sum)
* subtraction:
    (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)
* multiplication, factorization:
    (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (product)
    (factor) × (factor) × (factor)... = (product)
* division:
    (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient)
    (numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient)
       Or sometimes = (quotient) with (remainder) remaining
* exponentiation:
    (base) = (power)
* root extraction:
    √ (radicand) = (root)
* logarithmization:
    log$_{(base)}$ (antilogarithm) = (logarithm)
Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation
* modulus

#### See also

* remainderman

### Adjective

remainder (not comparable)
* Remaining.

#### Synonyms

* leftover

#### Translations
### Verb

remainder (third-person singular simple present remainders, present participle remaindering, simple past and past participle remaindered)
* (transitive, commerce) To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.
    The bookstore remaindered the unsold copies of that book at the end of summer.

#### Translations
## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English remainder.

### Noun

remainder m (invariable)
* a remainder, (book) sold at reduced price

### Anagrams

* rimendare