remainder

noun

Something left over after other parts have been taken away.

noun

The number left over when one integer is divided by another.

noun

The number obtained when one number is subtracted from another; the difference.

noun

An estate in property that takes effect after the expiration of another estate, as where one party is given the right to occupy a property for that party’s lifetime, and then another party is given the same right after the first party’s death.

noun

A book that remains with a publisher after sales have fallen off, usually sold at a reduced price.

transitive verb

To sell or dispose of as a remainder.

noun

The right to succeed to a title or position on the decease of the holder; especially the right of succession to a peerage expressly assigned to a certain person or line of descent in default of male issue in the direct line.

noun

That which remains; anything left after the separation, removal, destruction, or passing of a part.

noun

In mathematics, the sum or quantity left after subtraction or after any deduction; also, the part remaining over after division: thus, if 19 be divided by 4, the remainder is 3, because 19 is three more than an exact multiple of 4. In the old arithmetics called the remainer.