definition of
remainder

[1] #1 remainder n. [balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest] something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance". wn

[2] #2 remainder v. sell cheaply as remainders; "The publisher remaindered the books". wn

[3] #3 remainder n. the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor. wn

[4] #4 remainder n. [difference] the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend. wn

[5] #5 remainder n. [end, remnant, oddment] a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold. wn