English noun: remainder | |||
1. | remainder something left after other parts have been taken away | ||
Samples | 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 | ||
Broader (hypernym) | component, component part, constituent, part, portion | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | leftover, remnant | ||
2. | remainder (quantity) the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor | ||
Broader (hypernym) | number | ||
3. | remainder (quantity) the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend | ||
Synonyms | difference | ||
Broader (hypernym) | number | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | balance | ||
4. | remainder (artifact) a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold | ||
Synonyms | end, oddment, remnant | ||
Broader (hypernym) | piece of cloth, piece of material | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | fag end | ||
English verb: remainder | |||
1. | remainder (possession) sell cheaply as remainders | ||
Samples | The publisher remaindered the books. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | sell | ||
Domain category | commerce, commercialism, mercantilism | ||