remainder

remainder
n
1. remnant, residue, residuum, remains, balance, rest; surplus, excess, superfluity, extra, surplusage, redundance, Commerce. overage.
2. oddments, rummage, stuff, odds and ends, flotsam, jetsam, pickings; fragment, scrap, shard, truck, junk, Inf. crap; rejectamenta, castoffs, throwaways, discards, tares; (all usu. of food) leftovers, leavings, orts.
3. waste, wastage, refuse, spoils; offscourings, scour-ings, sweepings; sawdust, shavings, parings, filings, scrapings, raspings; chuff, stubbles; slag, scum, sprue, dross, sordes, scoriae; (all of skin) slough, sheddings, sloughings, scurf, furfur, dandruff.
4. rubbish, trash, garbage, offal, refuse, sewage; swill, slop, hogwash, riffraff, Brit. Dial. raff, Scot. lave; carrion, bones, skeleton, fossil.
5. ruins, rubble, detritus, debris, litter; cinder, ashes, embers, coal, soot, carbon, dirt, smut; lava, sinter.
6. deposit, sediment, settlings, alluvium, silt; precipitation, condensation.
7. aftermath, consequence, aftergrowth, afterpart, afterglow, outgrowth, afterpart, afterglow, outgrowth; wake, trail, train; suffix, postfix, appendix, postscript, postface, subscript, postlude, epilogue.
8. inheritance, bequest, estate, property; right, entail, claim, title.

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  • remainder — remainder, residue, residuum, remains, leavings, rest, balance, remnant can all mean what is left after the subtraction or removal of a part. Remainder is the technical term for the result in the arithmetical process of subtraction {subtract 8… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Remainder — Re*main der (r? m?n d?r), n. [OF. remaindre, inf. See {Remain}.] 1. Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant. The last remainders of unhappy Troy. Dryden. [1913 Webster] If these decoctions… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • remainder — [ri mān′dər] n. [ME remaindre < Anglo Fr substantive use of OFr inf.: see REMAIN] 1. those remaining 2. what is left when a part is taken away; the rest 3. a copy or number of copies of a book still held by a publisher when the sale has fallen …   English World dictionary

  • Remainder — Re*main der, a. Remaining; left; left over; refuse. [1913 Webster] Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit After a voyage. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • remainder — early 15c., from Anglo Fr. remainder (O.Fr. remaindre), variant of O.Fr. remanoir (see REMAIN (Cf. remain)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • remainder — /ri meində/, it. /re mɛinder/ s. ingl. (propr. resto ), usato in ital. al masch. (comm.) [libro rimasto invenduto, messo in vendita a prezzo ridotto] ▶◀ ⇑ giacenza, rimanenza …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • remainder — /reˈmɛnder, ingl. rɪˈmeɪndə(r)/ [vc. ingl., propriamente «resto», dall ant. fr. remaindre «rimanere»] s. m. inv. (di libro) giacenza di magazzino, fondo di magazzino …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

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  • Remainder — In arithmetic, when the result of the division of two integers cannot be expressed with an integer quotient, the remainder is the amount left over. The remainder for natural numbers If a and d are natural numbers, with d non zero, it can be… …   Wikipedia

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