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Remainder   /rɪmˈeɪndər/  /rimˈeɪndər/   Listen
noun
Remainder  n.  
1.
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."
2.
(Math.) The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction.
3.
(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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"Remainder" Quotes from Famous Books



... protection if they would consent, but inflicting fire and sword wherever he met refusal. The unfortunate people, warned by experience that no service was worse requited in Ireland than loyalty, had no spirit to resist. The few who were obnoxious were killed; the remainder submitted; and the growing corn was destroyed, and the farms were burnt, up to the gates of Dublin, that when the English army arrived, they might find neither food to maintain, nor houses to shelter them.[333] ...
— History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth. Vol. II. • James Anthony Froude

... finding he could no longer hold him in durance, concluded a treaty for his ransom at the exorbitant sum of 150,000 marks, about L300,000 of our money; of which sum two-thirds were to be paid before he received his liberty, and sixty-seven hostages delivered for the remainder. The captivity of the superior lord was one of those cases provided for by the feudal tenures, and all vassals were, in that event, obliged to contribute towards his ransom. Twenty shillings were therefore levied ...
— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) • John Roby

... of fear I was a secret Christian, for a long while making show of paganism: and this lukewarmness made me circle round the fourth circle,[11] longer than to the fourth century. Thou, therefore, that didst lift for me the covering that was hiding from me such great good as I say, while we have remainder of ascent, tell me where is our ancient Terence, Caecilius, Plautus, and Varro, if thou knowest it; tell me if they are damned, and in what region?" "They, and Persius, and I, and many others," replied my Leader, ...
— The Divine Comedy, Volume 2, Purgatory [Purgatorio] • Dante Alighieri

... the icepack is surrounded by open seas during the summer, but more than doubles in size during the winter and extends to the encircling landmasses; the ocean floor is about 50% continental shelf (highest percentage of any ocean) with the remainder a central basin interrupted by three submarine ridges (Alpha Cordillera, Nansen Cordillera, and ...
— The 2008 CIA World Factbook • United States. Central Intelligence Agency.

... camp were occupied in bringing up the baggage to this point, the remainder were busied in making sledges and snowshoes. I had determined to explore the mountain ahead, and the sledges were to be used in ...
— The Life of Kit Carson • Edward S. Ellis


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