remainder meaning and definition

REMAINDER noun

Definition of remainder (noun)

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"
   • synonyms: 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
   • synonyms: difference
4. a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
   • synonyms: end, oddment, remnant

REMAINDER verb

Definition of remainder (verb)

1. sell cheaply as remainders
   • "The publisher remaindered the books"