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/rɪmˈeɪndər/ /rimˈeɪndər/ Listen

noun

Remainder n.

Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant. "The last remainders of unhappy Troy." "If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes off clear, the remainder yields no salt."

(Math.) The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction.

(Law) An estate in expectancy, generally in land, which becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's life interest is a particuar estate, and B's interest is a remainder, or estate in remainder.

Synonyms: Balance; rest; residue; remnant; leavings.

adjective

Remainder adj. Remaining; left; left over; refuse. "Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit After a voyage."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Remainder" Quotes from Famous Books

... specially selected them for their artillery fire and made raids on their cattle. The variety and sizes of these arms were really laughable. Some niggers had old-fashioned Sniders, others elephant guns, and the remainder weapons with enormously long barrels, which looked as if they dated back to Waterloo. To their owners, however, the maker or the epoch of the weapon mattered little. They were proud men, and stalked gravely along ...

— South African Memories - Social, Warlike & Sporting From Diaries Written At The Time • Lady Sarah Wilson

... to take into consideration the fact that by having ceased to shave you will in future be effecting a slight economy in your daily expenditure? Might I also suggest to you that during the remainder of the War you should make a voluntary contribution to the national exchequer of every shilling saved under this head? The total sum will not be large, but everything counts. Yours is, if I may be allowed to say so, the ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 152, May 30, 1917 • Various

... declared. They could not now safely be at large. Several had already been convicted of violating American neutrality by hatching German plots and were at liberty under bond pending the result of court appeals; others were under indictment for similar offenses and waiting trial; the remainder were suspects who had long been under Federal surveillance. It was a war measure taken without regard to the civil law to circumvent further machinations of German conspirators, who ...

— The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) - History of the European War from Official Sources • Various

... not many of us who have suddenly to look at life without so much as a glimmer in its dark recesses to make it worth the living. It is not many of us who come to be told by the doctor: "For the rest of your existence you must give up eyesight," or, "For the remainder of life you must go halt." But these are trifles. Everything is a trifle, if we would only believe it. Riches and poverty, peace and war, fame and obscurity, town and country, England and the backwoods—all these are trifles compared with that other life ...

— From One Generation to Another • Henry Seton Merriman

... Doctor was put in possession of the sum of ten thousand Dollars, and we hear no more about the two hundred and sixty Indians, nor of any more trouble about Indian emigration during the remainder of the year. ...

— Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians • Elias Johnson

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