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1. Something left after other parts have been taken away
   "there was no remainder";
   - balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest
    
2. The part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor
    
3. The number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
   - difference
    
4. A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
   - end, remnant, oddment

1. Sell cheaply as remainders
   "The publisher remaindered the books"

Derived forms: remaindered, remainders, remaindering

Type of: component, component part, constituent, flog [Brit, informal], number, part, piece of cloth, piece of material, portion, sell

Encyclopedia: Remainder