Residuary

Definitions: Residuary

Residuary

Adjective

1. (law) entitled to the residue of an estate (after payment of debts and specific gifts); "the residuary part of the estate"; "the residuary beneficiary".

2. Relating to or indicating a remainder; "residual quantity".

Date "residuary" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)

Synonym: Residuary

Synonym: residual (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Relinquishment	Adjective: relinquished; Verb: cast off, derelict; unowned, unappropriated, unculled; left; (residuary).
Remainder	Adjective:remaining, left; left behind left over; residual, residuary; over, odd; unconsumed, sedimentary; surviving; net; exceeding, over and above; outlying, outstanding; cast off; superfluous; (redundant).
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Residuary

English words defined with "residuary": Residuary clause, Residuary devise, Residuary legatee. (references)

Specialty definitions using "residuary": residuary beneficiary, residuary funds on liquidation. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Residuary legislative powers in India : retrospect and prospects (reference) The Gothic Flame: Being a History of the Gothic Novel in England: Its Origins, Efflorescence, Disintegration, and Residuary Influences (reference) (more book examples)
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Title	Author	Quote
A Christmas Carol	Dickens, Charles	Scrooge was his sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend, and sole mourner.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Residuary" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 76.19% of the time. "Residuary" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	76.19%	16	87,710
Noun (proper)	23.81%	5	157,705
Total	100.00%	21	N/A

Expressions using "residuary": residuary beneficiary ♦ residuary clause ♦ residuary devise ♦ residuary funds on liquidation ♦ residuary legatee. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Language		Translations for "residuary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		i mbetur (holdover, leftover, residual). (various references)

Bulgarian		остатъчен (connate, remanent, residual), останал (left, leftover, over, remanent, remaning, residual, stayed). (various references)

Czech		pozùstalý (survivor). (various references)

Danish		resttilgodehavende (residual assets, residuary assets), universalarving (residuary devisee and legatee), overskud fra likvidation (residuary funds on liquidation). (various references)

Dutch		rechtverkrijgende onder algemene titel (residuary devisee and legatee), liquidatie-opbrengst (residuary funds on liquidation), legataris onder algemene titel (residuary devisee and legatee), erfgenaam onder een algemene titel (residuary devisee and legatee), aardappelvezel (dried potato pulp, residuary potato pulp). (various references)

Finnish		yleistestamentin saaja (residuary devisee and legatee), yleisjälkisäädöksen saaja (residuary devisee and legatee). (various references)

French		résiduaire (residual). (various references)

German		restlich (odd, remaining, residual). (various references)

Greek		υπολειμματικόσ (residual). (various references)

Hungarian		hátralékos (back, behindhand, outstanding). (various references)

Italian		ricavato dalla liquidazione (residuary funds on liquidation), legatario universale (residuary legatee), legatario a titolo universale (residuary devisee and legatee), avente causa a titolo universale (residuary devisee and legatee). (various references)

Manx		jeelymagh (residual). (various references)

Pig Latin		esiduaryray

Portuguese		residual (residual), residuário, relativo a resíduo, com direito a herdar. (various references)

Russian		оставшийся (leftover). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		ostali (remaining, residual). (various references)

Spanish		restante (left over, remaining), residual (residual), remanente (leftover, profit and loss account reserve brought forward, remainder, remnant). (various references)

Swedish		berättigad till behållningen i dödsbo, återstående (remaining). (various references)

Turkish		kalan (arrears, balance, left behind, leftover, over, remainder, remaining, residual, residue, residuum, rest, rump, surviving, vestigial), fazlalık (bulge, de trop, excess, excrescence, glut, margin, more, overage, overbalance, overplus, oversupply, plus, super, superfluities, superfluity, supernumerary, surplus, surplusage), artan (accelerating, growing, leftover, odd, remaining, residual, surplus, surplusage, upgrade), arda kalan (remaining). (various references)

Ukranian		що залишився. (various references)

Vietnamese		dư (odd, spare), còn lại. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Misspellings
	"Residuary" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: residuar, restituere. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "residuary" (pronounced 'Re*sid"u*a*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-r-r-s-u-y"
	-2 letters: dasyure, durries, dysuria, raiders, residua.
	-3 letters: adieus, aiders, airers, arider, darers, deairs, derays, derris, drears, dreary, driers, dryers, durras, durrie, irades, radius, raider, raised, raiser, rasure, redias, resaid, riders, sierra, sirdar, sudary, surrey, urares, uraris, uredia, yairds, yirred.
	-4 letters: adieu, aider, aides, aired, airer, arise, arris, aside, aurei, aures, auris, dairy, daisy, darer.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-r-r-s-u-y"
	+5 letters: unrestrainedly.
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