Meaning & Definition of Remainder in English

Detailed Definitions

• Definition: The amount left over when a smaller amount is subtracted from a larger amount.

  Example Sentence: After paying the bills, he had a small remainder of his monthly budget.

• Definition: The remaining part of a whole.

  Example Sentence: She took the remainder of the cake home.

• Definition: In mathematics, the quantity left after division.

  Example Sentence: When dividing 10 by 3, the remainder is 1.

• Definition: A person or thing that remains.

  Example Sentence: Only a few remainders of the original structure were left standing.

• Definition: A quantity that is left after other quantities have been removed.

  Example Sentence: He found the remainder of the inventory after the sale.

Etymology

Origin: Middle English, from the Anglo-French remanent, from the Latin remanent- (the present participle of remanere to remain)

Synonyms

Common Phrases and Expressions

• the remainder of: The rest of the things or people in a specified group.
• to remain: To continue to exist, especially after other parts have been deleted or removed.
• remaindered book: A book that is unsold and sold at a reduced price.

Translations

• Spanish: remanente

• French: reste

• German: Rest

• Russian: остаток

Related Words

• remain: To continue to exist, especially after other things have been removed.

• remnant: A small remaining quantity of something.

• remaining: Still existing, especially after other parts have been removed.

Slang Meanings of remainder

• Meaning: Leftovers

  Example Sentence: I’m just going to heat up the remainder from last night’s dinner.

• Meaning: Leftover bits

  Example Sentence: Let’s use the remainder of that fabric for the new project.