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remainder |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Remainder \Re*main"der\, a. Remaining; left left over refuse. Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit After a voyage. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes off clear, the remainder yields no salt. --Arbuthnot. 2. (Math.) The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction. 3. (Law) An estate in expectancy, generally in land, which becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's life interest is a particuar estate, and B's interest is a remainder, or estate in remainder. Syn: Balance; rest; residue; remnant; leavings. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: remainder n 1: something left after other parts have been taken away "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest" [syn: {residual}, {residue}, {residuum}, {rest}] 2: a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold [syn: {end}, {remnant}, {scrap}, {oddment}] v : sell cheaply as remainders, as of books
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