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

remainder

verb
 
/rɪˈmeɪndə(r)/
 
/rɪˈmeɪndər/
[intransitive, transitive, usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they remainder
 
/rɪˈmeɪndə(r)/
 
/rɪˈmeɪndər/
he / she / it remainders
 
/rɪˈmeɪndəz/
 
/rɪˈmeɪndərz/
past simple remaindered
 
/rɪˈmeɪndəd/
 
/rɪˈmeɪndərd/
past participle remaindered
 
/rɪˈmeɪndəd/
 
/rɪˈmeɪndərd/
-ing form remaindering
 
/rɪˈmeɪndərɪŋ/
 
/rɪˈmeɪndərɪŋ/
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  1. remainder (something) to reduce the price of a book that did not get sold at its original price
    Word Originlate Middle English (in a legal sense): from Anglo-Norman French, from Latin remanere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + manere ‘to stay’.
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