Remainder

Definition: Remainder

Remainder

Noun

1. Something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest".

2. A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold.

Verb

1. Sell cheaply as remainders, as of books.

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Date "remainder" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Census

Computing

Law

Metallurgy

Tips from 1870

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Synonyms: Remainder

Posteriority

Noun: posteriority; succession, sequence; following.; subsequence, supervention; futurity; successor; sequel; remainder, reversion.

Property

Limitation, term, lease, settlement, strict settlement, particular estate; estate for life, estate for years, estate pur autre vie; remainder, reversion, expectancy, possibility.

Redundancy

Excess; surplus, overplus; epact; margin; remainder; duplicate; surplusage, expletive; work of supererogation; bonus, bonanza.

Remainder

Noun: remainder, residue; remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic; leavings, heeltap, odds and ends, cheesepairings, candle ends, orts; residuum; dregs; (dirt); refuse; (useless); stubble, result, educt; fag-end; ruins, wreck, skeleton., stump; alluvium.

Superiority

Supremacy, preeminence; lead; maximum; record; gr/trikumia/, climax; culmination; (summit); transcendence; ne plus ultra; lion's share, Benjamin's mess; excess, surplus; (remainder); (redundancy).

Crosswords: Remainder

You cry when you scrape your knee, you cry when we're out of chocolate milk, you cry when you're doing long division and you have a remainder left over (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

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Books

• A Remainder of One (reference)

• Charitable Remainder Trusts: A Proven Strategy for Reducing Estate and Income Taxes Through Charitable Giving (reference)

• Do Well by Doing Good: The Complete Guide to Charitable Remainder Trusts (reference)

• Happiness, Death, and the Remainder of Life (reference)

• Rousseau and Revolution: A History of Civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756, and in the Remainder of Europe from 1715, to 1789) (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Nationally known for its beauty, the Paria Canyon has towering walls streaked with desert varnish, huge red rock amphitheaters, sandstone arches, wooded terraces, and hanging gardens. The 3,000-foot escarpment known as the Vermilion Cliffs dominates the remainder of the wilderness with its thick Navajo sandstone face, steep, boulder-strewn slopes and rugged arroyos. Some of the best canyon hiking opportunities on the Colorado River Plateau are found here. Credit: Unknown.

Photograph taken between about 1925 and 1928. Part of the Japanese language caption in upper left is cut off, but the remainder reads: "Battlecruiser ... Vickers Co., U.K. ... completed August 1913 ..." and gives information on the ship's displacement, dimensions and armament. See Photo # NH 90513 for an identical view, with very similar Japanese language caption. Credit: NAVY.

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Besides, the remainder, after such enclosure, would not be as good to the rest of the commoners, as the whole was when they could all make use of the whole; whereas in the beginning and first peopling of the great common of the world, it was quite otherwise. (Second Treatise of Government)

But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term. (reference)

At the expiration of fifteen years there will be evacuated: the bridgehead of Mainz, the bridgehead of Kehl and the remainder of the German territory under occupation. (reference)

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But I thought it more consistent with prudence and justice to pass the remainder of my days with my wife and family

The dead and for the most part unmerchantable wood behind my house, and the driftwood from the pond, have supplied the remainder of my fuel

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Health

These sequelae must be addressed for the remainder of the life of the patient. (references)

As a first step, patients should undergo evaluation of the remainder of the large bowel for synchronous lesions. (references)

Slightly more than half of AD patients receive care at home, while the remainder are cared for in a variety of health care institutions. (references)

Business

Commercial banks finance the remainder. (references)

The public sector accounts for the remainder. (references)

The United Kingdom and Italy share the remainder of the import market. (references)

Children

Guatemala

The Procuracy General reported 1,126 cases of child abuse as of December 2000, compared to 1,478 cases in 1999. A total of 70 cases reported during 2000 concerned physical abuse; the remainder involved sexual or psychological abuse. (references)

Civil Liberties

United Kingdom

Corporations under renewable government licenses operate the remainder. (references)

Cambodia

Most of the remainder is made up of ethnic Cham Muslims, who are well integrated into society. (references)

Economic History

Switzerland

Terrain: 60% mountains, the remainder hills and plateau. (references)

Niger

Religions: Islam (95%); remainder traditional and Christian. (references)

Gambia, The

Christians of different denominations account for most of the remainder. (references)

Human Rights

Guinea-Bissau

By October the remainder had been released. (references)

Hong Kong

The remainder (412 cases) was pending investigation at year's end. (references)

Tunisia

He was arrested again in December 2000, and ordered to serve the remainder of his original sentence plus 15 days. (references)

Indigenous People

Guatemala

In 511 tribunals around the country there are only 69 judges that speak Mayan languages and only 60 interpreters assist the remainder. (references)

Minorities

Slovenia

According to the 1991 census, the population includes 1.7 million ethnic Slovenes; and the remainder are persons of 23 other nationalities. (references)

India

These mass killings in Kashmir, targeted against the Sikh community, increased fears that the remainder of Kashmir's beleaguered minorities may try or be forced to leave. (references)

Political Economy

CHILE

Planting costs will be subsidized by as much as 90 percent for the first 15 hectares and 75 percent for the remainder in the case of small farmers. (references)

INDIA

Some output is supplied at fixed prices through government distribution outlets, "fair price shops", with the remainder sold by producers on the free market. (references)

MEXICO

Analysts forecast the September 11 terrorist attacks against the United States will impede any growth that had been anticipated for Mexico for the remainder of 2001 and the beginning of 2002. (references)

Political Rights

Argentina

When Senator Puerta resigned his Senate leadership position, the interim presidency passed to Deputy Eduardo Camano, President of the Chamber of Deputies, who again called the Legislative Assembly to vote--this time for a President who would serve out the remainder of De la Rua's term ending in 2003. On January 1, 2002, the Legislative Assembly elected former Buenos Aires Provincial Governor Eduardo Duhalde. (references)

Trade

Mauritius

Three are locally owned; the remainder are incorporated overseas or locally incorporated with foreign ownership. (references)

Brazil

To date, only four have begun initial infrastructure construction; the remainder is still in the planning stages. (references)

Women

Costa Rica

Most women (76 percent) work in the service sector, with the remainder working in industry (17 percent) and agriculture (6 percent). (references)

Angola

Upon the death of a male head of household, the widow automatically is entitled to 50 percent of the estate with the remainder divided equally among legitimate children. (references)

Worker Rights

Burkina Faso

Of the remainder, approximately 50 percent of private sector employees and 60 percent of public sector employees are union members. (references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "remainder": remainder shop ♦ the remainder ♦ vested remainder. Additional references.

Beginning with "remainder": remainder-about, Remainder-man, Remainder-men.

Afrikaans

res (rest), afval (apostasy, apostatize, clippings, cuttings, debris, defection, desert, drop, drop out, fall, fall away, lose, lose flesh, lose in weight, parings, refuse, rest, rubbish, rubble, secede, waste, windfall). (various references)

Albanian

ul çmim i librave të pashitura, tepricë (margin, odd-come-short, over, overage, overbalance, overflow, overmeasure, overplus, overrun, overstock, redundance, redundancy, remain, remains, remnant, residual, residue, surplus, surplusage), të mbetura (leftover, remain, remains), shes me çmim të ulur, kusur (change, odd-come-short, rest). (various references)

Arabic 

متبق (remaining), ‏فضلات (leftover, offal, pickings, remains, residue), ‏حق الإنتفاع, ‏الكتاب الراكد (remnant), ‏بقية (end, remnant, rest, stub, survival), ‏باقي (residuum), ‏باع كتابا راكدا. (various references)

Basque

hondakin (rest). (various references)

Bulgarian 

ресто (balance, change), реверсия (reversion), остатъци (debris, dregs, junk, leftovers, odd-come-shorts, oddments, odds and ends, offal, pickings, rinsings, trash, waste), остатък (balance, difference, dreg, end, odd-come-short, overage, patch, remnant, residual, residue, residuum, shank, stub, surplus, the rest), останки (bones, leavings, leftovers, refuse, remains, scrapings, scraps, waste), останала част (the rest), останалите (the rest), непродадени екземпляри от книга, марки продавани с намаление. (various references)

Chinese 

餘數 , 餘 , 零� � (odd, scrap), 剩餘 (surplus), 剩下的人, 其余 (remaining, rest). (various references)

Czech

zbytek (end, fag end, leftover, remain, remnant, residue, rest, scrap, survival, vestige), ostatek (rest). (various references)

Danish

rest (rest). (various references)

Dutch

rest (rest), overige. (various references)

Esperanto

resto (rest), restaĵo (rest), cetero. (various references)

Faeroese

tað ið eftir er (rest), leivd (rest). (various references)

Farsi 

پس مانده (Excrement, Leftover, Residue, Scum), مانده (Remain, Remanence, Stale, Weary), غیرقابل مصرف , باقیمانده (Fragment, Rest, Survivor), باتخفیف فروختن . (various references)

Finnish

jäännös (balance, remnant, the rest). (various references)

French

reste (remains, remnant, residual, residue, residuum, rest). (various references)

Frisian

ôffal (apostasy, apostate, clippings, cuttings, defection, parings, refuse, rest, rubbish, waste, windfall), ôfeart (clippings, cuttings, parings, refuse, rest, rubbish, waste, windfall). (various references)

German

Rest (balance, carryover, end, left over, relic, remain, remains, reminder, remnant, residual, residue, rest, scrap, tail), Restbestand (remaining stock). (various references)

Greek 

κατάλοιπο (residue), υπόλοιπο (balance, remnant, residual, residue, residuum, rest). (various references)

Hebrew 

מותר (abundance, allowed, lawful, licit, loose, pemitted, permissible, remnant, superfluity, superiority, surplus), יתר�" (balance, rest, surplus), יתר (abundance, excess, excessive, more, rest, superfluous, surplus), שיור (allowance, remnant, residue), שירים (ends, hash, leftovers, offal, remains, residue), שארית (relic, remnant, residue, rest), שאר (relic, residue, rest), �"פרש (difference), �"ב�"ל (difference, distinction), � ותר (remaining, remnant, residual). (various references)

Hungarian

hátralék (arrearages, arrears, backlog), többiek (everybody else), remittenda (remainder line, remainders), megmaradt példányok (remainder line, remainders), maradvány (balance, hold over, pickings, relic, remain, remains, reminiscence, remnant, residue, residuum, surplus, survival, trace, vestige), maradék (end, frazzle, left over, left overs, oddments, pickings, remains, remnant, residua, residue, residuum, rest, rump, stub, tailings, the rest), jogi váromány, fennmaradó összeg, egyenleg (balance). (various references)

Indonesian

sisa (remain, residual, residue, rump, scrap), peninggalan (debris, estate, inheritance, relic), bekas-bekasan, beda (difference), baki (residue, small tray, tray). (various references)

Italian

rimanenza (carryover, left over, rest, unsold, whereabout), resto (change, leftovers, oddment, relic, remnant, rest). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

余り (not much, not very, remnant, rest, surplus). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ざ�"ぶ (slander, the rest), ざ�"よ (residue, the rest), ざ�"� か (balance), さき (destination, end, following, former, head, nozzle, objective, point, previous, prior, sequel, small peninsula, the first priority, the future, the other party, tip, undermentioned), つかいの�"り (leavings, odds and ends, remnant), つかいの�"し (leavings, odds and ends, remnant), あまり (balance, excess, fullness, not much, not very, other, remains, remnant, residue, rest, scraps, surplus, too much), あ�"まり (balance, excess, fullness, not much, not very, other, remains, remnant, residue, rest, scraps, surplus, too much), あと (after, behind, later, mark, rear, remains, ruins, scar, sign, successor, trace, tracks), えいよ (honour). (various references)

Korean 

나머지 (remnant, rest). (various references)

Manx

stoyr ronney, mayrnaght (duration, survival), fooillagh (deposit, garbage, left over, oddments, remains, remnant, scraps, surplus, wastage), corrilys, cooid elley. (various references)

Occitan

rèsta (rest). (various references)

Papiamen

restu (rest), resto (rest). (various references)

Pig Latin

emainderray.(various references)

Portuguese

restante (additional, remaining, residual). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

restante. (various references)

Romanian

rest (balance, carry over, change, end, oddment, patch, remanent, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, rump, survival, tailing). (various references)

Russian 

усидеть (keep one's seat, remain sitting), распродавать остатки, разность;остаток, остаток (leftover, odd-come-short, remain, remains, remnant, residual, residue, residuum, rest, scraps, surplus, vestige). (various references)

Scottish

fuigheall, fuidheall, còrr (eminent, excess, extraordinary; corra, odds : a' chòrr, the rest, when prefixed). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

razlika (difference, distinction, divergence, divergency), prodavati kao ostatak, ostatak (leftover, odd-come-short, oddment, relic, remain, remnant, residual, residue, residuum, rest, rump, vestige). (various references)

Spanish

resto (balance, carryover, debt, diversion, ecstasy, end, interval, left over, rest, return), detrito (clippings, cuttings, debris, detritus, parings, refuse, rest, rubbish, rubble, waste, windfall), desechos (clippings, cuttings, debris, parings, refuse, rejectamenta, rest, rubbish, rubble, waste, windfall). (various references)

Swedish

rest (residual, rest, survival, travelled), behållning (balance, profit, residue, surplus). (various references)

Thai

เลขเศษที่หารไม่ลงตัว, ส่วนที่เหลืออยู่, หนังสือที่ขายไม่ออก. (various references)

Turkish

ucuza satmak (knock down, sell at a discount, undersell), tortu (crust, deposit, deposition, draff, dregs, faeces, fecula, feculence, foots, grounds, Lees, residual, residue, residuum, sediment, settlings, tailings), satılmayıp elde kalan kitap, miras kalan şey, kalan (arrears, balance, left behind, leftover, over, remaining, residual, residuary, residue, residuum, rest, rump, surviving, vestigial), kalıntı (carcase, carcass, end, hangover, relic, remnant, residual, residue, rest, ruins, rump, spoils, waif), geri kalan kısım, geri kalan (behindhand, the rest), elden çıkarmak (close out, dispose of, part, part with, push off, sell off, sell out, unload), bakiye (arrear, arrears, balance, effects, remaining balance, remnant, residuum, rest), bakíye (rest), artik (abiding, left, left over, remaining, rest), artık (anymore, at that, discard, dreg, dregs, dross, effluent, fag end, hog-wash, leftover, no longer, no more, refuse, remnant, residual, residue, rest, scraps, shoddy, spoils, tag end, waste), ünvanın varisi olma hakkı. (various references)

Turkmen 

galyndy (remaining). (various references)

Ukrainian

решта (rest), остача (balance, fritter, remnant, residual, residue), залишок (carry over, end, left over, relic, remains, remnant, residual, stump, vestige, vestigium). (various references)

Vietnamese 

phần còn lại (remanet, residual). (various references)

Welsh

rhelyw (residue, rest), gweddill (balance, remains, remnant, rest). (various references)

reliquum. (various references)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "remainder": remaindered, remaindering, remainders. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Remainder" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Gemeinden, ramainder, remaaamber, remaineder, remainer, remainter, remiander. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: dreamier, remained, reminder, reremind.

-2 letters: admirer, amender, dernier, drainer, dreamer, ermined, inarmed, mariner, married, meander, nerdier, randier, readier, rearmed, redream, reedman, renamed.

-3 letters: admire, aedine, aeried, aerier, aidmen, airmen, arider, daimen, damner, darner, dearer, dearie, demean, denari, denier, earned, earner, endear, ermine, errand, maiden, marine, marred, meaner, meanie, mediae, median, medina, mender, minder.

+1 letter: redreaming, remainders.

+2 letters: gendarmerie, remaindered, reprimanded.

+3 letters: determinator, gendarmeries, intermarried, intermediary, merchandiser, recriminated, remaindering, renormalized.

+4 letters: demineralizer, determinators, intercompared, mediterranean, merchandisers, preordainment, retransmitted.

+5 letters: arrondissement, demineralizers, disarrangement, gerrymandering, intermediaries, interpermeated, preordainments.