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
   "When dividing 17 by 5, the remainder is 2"
    
3. The number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
   "After subtracting expenses, the remainder of his paycheque was quite small";
   - difference
    
4. A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
   "She bought fabric remainders to make patchwork quilts";
   - end, remnant, oddment

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

Derived forms: remaindering, remaindered, remainders

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

Encyclopedia: Remainder