remainder

remainder
1. noun
a) A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed.

My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder.

b) The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If (dividend) and d (divisor) are integers, then can always be expressed in the form n = dq + r, where q (quotient) and r (remainder) are also integers and 0 ≤ r < d.

You can have the remainder of my clothes.

3. verb
To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.

The bookstore remaindered the unsold copies of that book at the end of summer at a reduced price.


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