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Definition of remainder noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

remainder

noun
 
 
/rɪˈmeɪndə(r)/
 
/rɪˈmeɪndər/
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  1.  
    (usually the remainder)
    [singular + singular or plural verb] the people, things or time that remain synonym rest
    • I kept some of his books and gave away the remainder.
    When the remainder refers to a plural noun, the verb is plural Most of our employees work in New York; the remainder are in London.
    Extra Examples
    • He was silent throughout the remainder of the journey.
    • If you don't have enough cash with you can pay the remainder tomorrow.
    • In the remainder of this chapter we shall compare the two methods.
    • She was an invalid for the remainder of her life.
  2. [countable, usually singular] (mathematics) the numbers left after one number has been subtracted from another, or one number has been divided into another
    • Divide 2 into 7, and the answer is 3, remainder 1.
    compare divisor
  3. [countable] a book that has been remaindered
    4. Word Originlate Middle English (in a legal sense): from Anglo-Norman French, from Latin remanere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + manere ‘to stay’.
See remainder in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee remainder in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic English
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