1. (

• remainder ,
• 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" ;

2. (

• remainder ,

) the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor ;

3. (

• remainder ,
• difference

) the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend ;

4. (

• end ,
• remainder ,
• remnant ,
• oddment

) a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold ;

1. (

• remainder

) sell cheaply as remainders; "The publisher remaindered the books" ;