- Something left over after other parts have been taken away.
- Mathematics.
- The number left over when one integer is divided by another: The remainder plus the product of the quotient times the divisor equals the dividend.
- The number obtained when one number is subtracted from another; the difference.
- Law. An estate in land that is conveyed only after the termination of a preceding estate created at the same time.
- A book that remains with a publisher after sales have fallen off, usually sold at a reduced price.
To sell or dispose of as a remainder.
[Middle English, second party's right of ownership, from Anglo-Norman, from remeindre, to remain, variant of Old French remaindre, remainer. See remain.]



