Remainder - Definition
remainder
n 1: something left after other parts have been taken away;
"there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he
took what he wanted and I got the balance" [syn:
remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum,
rest]
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 [syn:
remainder, difference]
4: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been
used or sold [syn: end, remainder, remnant, oddment]
v 1: sell cheaply as remainders; "The publisher remaindered the
books"
