Understanding the meaning of remainder

remainder

/rɪ'meɪndər/

noun
a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
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end oddment remnant

type of:
piece of material piece of cloth
noun
something left after other parts have been taken away
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"there was no remainder"

Similar:

balance residual residue residuum rest

type of:
component part constituent portion component part
noun
the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
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difference

type of:
number
verb
sell cheaply as remainders
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"The publisher remaindered the books"

type of:
sell
noun
the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor
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type of:
number

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