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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Remainder \Re*main"der\ (r?-m?n"d?r), n. [OF. remaindre, inf. See Remain.]
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Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant. ``The last remainders of unhappy Troy.''
--Dryden.If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes off clear, the remainder yields no salt.
--Arbuthnot. (Math.) The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction.
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(Law) An estate in expectancy, generally in land, which becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's life interest is a particuar estate, and B's interest is a remainder, or estate in remainder.
Syn: Balance; rest; residue; remnant; leavings.
Remainder \Re*main"der\, a. Remaining; left; left over; refuse.
Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit
After a voyage.
--Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., from Anglo-French remainder, Old French remaindre, noun use of infinitive, a variant of Old French remanoir (see remain (v.)). The verb meaning "dispose of (books) at a reduced price" is from 1904. Related: Remaindered.
Wiktionary
remaining n. 1 A part or parts remain after some has/have been removed. 2 (context mathematics English) The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If (g: n) (dividend) and ''d'' (divisor) are integers, then (g: n) can always be expressed in the form ''n = dq + r'', where ''q'' (quotient) and ''r'' ('''remainder''') are also integers and 0 ≤ ''r'' < ''d''. 3 (context mathematics English) The number left over after a simple subtraction 4 (context commerce English) Excessive stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price. 5 (context legal English) An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined v
(context commerce English) To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.
WordNet
n. something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" [syn: balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest]
the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor
the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend [syn: difference]
a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold [syn: end, remnant, oddment]
v. sell cheaply as remainders; "The publisher remaindered the books"
Wikipedia
Remainder is a 2015 British-German drama film directed by Omer Fast. The screenplay by Fast is based on Tom McCarthy's 2005 novel of the same name. The film stars Tom Sturridge, Cush Jumbo, and Ed Speleers.
The film was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival.
In mathematics, the remainder is the amount "left over" after performing some computation. In arithmetic, the remainder is the integer "left over" after dividing one integer by another to produce an integer quotient (integer division). In algebra, the remainder is the polynomial "left over" after dividing one polynomial by another. The modulo operation is the operation that produces such a remainder when given a dividend and divisor.
Formally it is also true that a remainder is what is left after subtracting one number from another, although this is more precisely called the difference. This usage can be found in some elementary textbooks; colloquially it is replaced by the expression "the rest" as in "Give me two dollars back and keep the rest." However, the term "remainder" is still used in this sense when a function is approximated by a series expansion and the error expression ("the rest") is referred to as the remainder term.
A remainder in property law of the United Kingdom and the United States is a future interest given to a person (who is referred to as the transferee or remainderman) that is capable of becoming possessory upon the natural end of a prior estate created by the same instrument. Thus, the prior estate must be one that is capable of ending naturally, for example upon the expiration of a term of years or the death of a life tenant. A future interest following a fee simple absolute cannot be a remainder because of the preceding infinite duration.
For example, a person, D, gives ("conveys") a piece of real property called Blackacre “to A for life, and then to B and her heirs.” A receives a life estate in Blackacre and B holds a remainder, which can become possessory when the prior estate naturally terminates (A’s death). However, B cannot claim the property until A's death.
There are two types of remainders in property law, vested and contingent. A vested remainder is held by a specific person without any conditions precedent; a contingent remainder is one for which the holder has not been identified, or for which a condition precedent must be satisfied.
Remainder is the amount "left over" when dividing two integers.
Remainder may also refer to:
- Remaindered book, a publisher liquidating the remaining unsold copies of a book
- Remainder (law), in property law, a future interest created in a transferee
- Remainder term, in mathematics, when approximating a value by a series, is the error (the amount "left over") of an approximation, such that true value = series approximation + remainder term
- Remainder (novel), a novel by Tom McCarthy
- Remainder (film), a 2015 British film, based on the novel
- In remainder, relative to an aristocratic title, is being capable of inheriting it.
Remainder is a 2005 novel published by British author Tom McCarthy. It is McCarthy's third published work, first written in 2001, although not published until 2005 in a limited run of 750 copies printed by the French Metronome Press. The novel was later re-printed by UK publishing house Alma Books, and Vintage Books printed the book in the United States. The plot revolves around an unnamed narrator who has received a large settlement after an accident, and his obsession with recreating half-remembered events from his life before the incident.
Remainder was published to acclaim from critics. McCarthy received the 2007 Believer Book Award for the novel, after its republication.
Usage examples of "remainder".
The house having addressed the king for a particular and distinct account of the distribution of two hundred and fifty thousand pounds, charged to have been issued for securing the trade and navigation of the kingdom, and preserving and restoring the peace of Europe, he declined granting their request, but signified in general that part of the money had been issued and disbursed by his late majesty, and the remainder by himself, for carrying on the same necessary services, which required the greatest secrecy.
Roman people, three cohorts only were stationed in the capital, whilst the remainder was dispersed in the adjacent towns of Italy.
These delightful labours occupied the remainder of the night until the alarum warned us that it was time to part.
On the 25th of June amnesty was extended to about one thousand persons, and during the remainder of the Congress some five hundred more were relieved from political disability.
We made up our minds, and for the remainder of my visit our amorous meetings only took place in the summerhouses in the garden.
Herr Apel was taken home in a comatose state, and scarcely moved or spoke again during the remainder of his life.
At various times, Madame Aubain received a visit from the Marquis de Gremanville, one of her uncles, who was ruined and lived at Falaise on the remainder of his estates.
He kept her for the remainder of his days, and behaved very handsomely to her.
There was about seven thousand dollars in the jacket, the remainder of the ten thousand Cat had paid Bluey in Atlanta.
With him was joined Mr Boffin, the patriotic Conservative who had never listened to the voice of the seducer, and the staunch remainder of the Tory party.
Then each of us, for the remainder of our time on deck, the precious half of an Ahn, was chained in a kneeling position, our hands before our bodies.
He shook his festoon of chins towards the remainder of the party, Choc and Rupert, who were scrambling down the bank towards the path below where an oak tree shed deep shadows over a stile and a rustic bridge.
Athlone with a part of this body invested Dinant, while Coehorn with the remainder advanced to Givet.
I lied when I said so, for Esther was inseparable from her father, a man of forty, and I could not make up my mind to pass the remainder of my days in Holland.
Indeed, the mischief they did was not confined to their influence over her, if Mercy was correct in his belief that it was their disagreeable tempers and manners which at this time, and for the remainder of the reign, prevented Louis from associating more with his family, which, had all been like the dauphiness, he would have preferred to do.