remainder
noun /rɪˈmeɪndə(r)/
/rɪˈmeɪndər/
- (usually the remainder)[singular + singular or plural verb] the people, things or time that remain synonym rest
- I kept some of his books and gave away the remainder.
Extra Examples- He was silent throughout the remainder of the journey.
- If you don't have enough cash with you can pay the remainder tomorrow.
- In the remainder of this chapter we shall compare the two methods.
- She was an invalid for the remainder of her life.
- [countable, usually singular] (mathematics) the numbers left after one number has been subtracted from another, or one number has been divided into another
- Divide 2 into 7, and the answer is 3, remainder 1.
- [countable] a book that has been remaindered
Word Originlate Middle English (in a legal sense): from Anglo-Norman French, from Latin remanere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + manere ‘to stay’.