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/ |
- remainder (something) to reduce the price of a book that did not get sold at its original priceWord 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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