- something that remains or is left: the remainder of the day.
- a remaining part.
- Arithmetic.
- the quantity that remains after subtraction.
- the portion of the dividend that is not evenly divisible by the divisor.
- the difference between a function or a number and an approximation to it.
- a future interest so created as to take effect at the end of another estate, as when property is conveyed to one person for life and then to another.
- the quantities of stamps on hand after they have been demonetized or otherwise voided for postal use.
- a copy of a book remaining in the publisher's stock when its sale has practically ceased, frequently sold at a reduced price.
- remaining; leftover.
- to dispose of or sell as a remainder.
- a part or portion that is left, as after use, subtraction, expenditure, the passage of time, etc
- maths
- the amount left over when one quantity cannot be exactly divided by another
- another name for difference (def. 7b)
- a future interest in property; an interest in a particular estate that will pass to one at some future date, as on the death of the current possessor
- a number of copies of a book left unsold when demand slows or ceases, which are sold at a reduced price by the publisher
- to sell (copies of a book) as a remainder
