remainder

English

Alternative forms

• remainer (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, with infinitive used as noun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmeɪndə/, /ɹəˈmeɪndə/
• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈmeɪndɚ/

• audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪndə(ɹ)

Noun

remainder (plural remainders)

1. A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed.

   My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder.

   You can have the remainder of my clothes.

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     Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.

2. (mathematics) The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If n (dividend) and d (divisor) are integers, then n can always be expressed in the form n = dq + r, where q (quotient) and r (remainder) are also integers and 0 ≤ r < d.

   17 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3.

   11 divided by 2 is 5 remainder 1.

3. (mathematics) The number left over after a simple subtraction

   10 minus 4 leaves a remainder of 6

5. (commerce) Excess stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.

   I got a really good price on this shirt because it was a remainder.

6. (law) An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined

Synonyms

• (a part or parts remaining): remnant, residue, rest, lave; See also Thesaurus:remainder
• surplus

Antonyms

• (a part or parts remaining): dearth, deficiency, deficit, shortage, undersupply

Derived terms

• R (mathematics)
• remainderman
• contingent remainder

See also

Other terms used in arithmetic operations:

• successor
• addition, summation:

  (augend) + (addend) = (total)

  (summand) + (summand) + (summand)... = (sum)

• subtraction:

  (minuend) − (subtrahend) = (difference)

• multiplication, factorization:

  (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (product)

  (factor) × (factor) × (factor)... = (product)

• division:

  (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient)

  (numerator) / (denominator) = (quotient)

  Or sometimes = (quotient) with (remainder) remaining

• exponentiation:

  (base) ^(exponent) = (power)

• root extraction:

  ^(degree) √ (radicand) = (root)

• logarithmization:

  log_(base) (antilogarithm) = (logarithm)

Advanced hyperoperations: tetration, pentation, hexation

• modulus

Translations

what remains after some has been removed

• Arabic: بَقِيَّة f (baqiyya)
• Armenian: մնացորդ (hy) (mnacʻord)
• Bashkir: ҡалдыҡ (qaldıq), ҡалғаны (qalğanı), ҡалған (qalğan) өлөшө
• Belarusian: рэ́шта f (réšta), аста́ча f (astáča)
• Bulgarian: оста́тък (bg) m (ostátǎk)
• Cebuano: salin
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 其餘／其余 (zh) (qíyú), 其余 (zh) (qíyú)

• Czech: zbytek (cs) m
• Dutch: rest (nl) m, restant (nl) n, overblijfsel (nl), overschot (nl) n
• Finnish: loput (fi), jäännös (fi), jäämä (fi), jäljelle jäänyt, jäänne (fi), jämä (fi) (colloquial)
• Georgian: ნარჩენი (narčeni)
• German: Rest (de) m
• Greek: υπόλοιπο (el) n (ypóloipo)

  Ancient: λοιπάς f (loipás)

• Hindi: बाक़ी f (bāqī), बाकी (hi) f (bākī)
• Hungarian: maradék (hu), többi (hu)
• Icelandic: afgangur (is) m, eftirstöðvar f pl, rest (is) f (informal), restar (is) f pl (informal), leifar f pl
• Interlingua: resto
• Italian: rimanenza (it) f, avanzo (it) m, restante (it) m, residuo (it) m, resto (it) m
• Japanese: 残り (のこり, nokori)
• Korean: 나머지 (ko) (nameoji)
• Latin: reliquum n
• Lithuanian: lỹkis m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: остаток m (ostatok)
• Malay: baki (ms)
• Malayalam: ബാക്കി (ml) (bākki), മിച്ചം (ml) (miccaṁ), ശിഷ്ടം (ml) (śiṣṭaṁ)
• Maori: whakamakere, mōmōhanga, toenga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: rest (no) m

  Nynorsk: rest (no) m

• Persian: بقیه (fa) (baqiye)
• Plautdietsch: Äwabliefsel n
• Polish: reszta (pl) f, ostatek (pl) m
• Portuguese: resto (pt) m, sobra (pt) f, restante (pt) m, resquício (pt) m, resíduo (pt) m
• Quechua: puchu
• Russian: оста́ток (ru) m (ostátok), оста́тки (ru) pl (ostátki)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: оста́так m

  Roman: ostátak (sh) m

• Slovak: zbytok m, zvyšok m
• Slovene: ostanek m
• Spanish: resto (es) m, remanente (es) m, sobras (es) f pl, restante m, residuo (es) m, resquicio m (Lat. Am.)
• Swahili: salio class 5/6
• Telugu: తరవాయి (te) (taravāyi)
• Turkish: kalan (tr)
• Ukrainian: за́лишок m (zályšok), ре́шта f (réšta), оста́ча f (ostáča), ли́шок m (lýšok)

mathematics: amount left over after repeatedly subtracting the divisor

• Armenian: մնացորդ (hy) (mnacʻord)
• Bashkir: ҡалдыҡ (qaldıq)
• Bulgarian: оста́тък (bg) m (ostátǎk)
• Catalan: resta (ca) f, residu (ca) m
• Cebuano: kida, puwaki
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 餘數／余数 (yúshù), 余数 (zh) (yúshù)

• Czech: zbytek (cs) m
• Danish: rest (da) c
• Dutch: rest (nl) m
• Finnish: jakojäännös (fi)
• Georgian: ნაშთი (našti)
• German: Rest (de) m, Teilungsrest m
• Greek: υπόλοιπο (el) n (ypóloipo)
• Hindi: शेष (hi) m (śeṣ)
• Hungarian: maradék (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: afgangur (is) m
• Italian: resto (it) m
• Japanese: 剰余 (ja) (じょうよ, jōyo)
• Korean: 나머지 (ko) (nameoji)
• Malayalam: ശിഷ്ടം (ml) (śiṣṭaṁ)
• Maori: hemihemi
• Polish: reszta (pl) f
• Portuguese: resto (pt) m
• Russian: оста́ток (ru) m (ostátok)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: оста́так m

  Roman: ostátak (sh) m

• Sindhi: پاڇِي f (pāčhī)
• Spanish: resto (es) m
• Swedish: rest (sv) c
• Tagalog: labi (tl)
• Turkish: kalan (tr)
• Ukrainian: різни́ця (uk) f (riznýcja)

mathematics: number left over after a simple subtraction

• Armenian: մնացորդ (hy) (mnacʻord)
• Bashkir: айырма (ayırma)
• Cebuano: sobra
• Dutch: rest (nl) m
• Finnish: erotus (fi)
• Georgian: ნაშთი (našti)
• Greek: υπόλοιπο (el) n (ypóloipo)
• Hungarian: különbség (hu), különbözet (hu)
• Icelandic: afgangur (is) m
• Italian: resto (it) m
• Persian: باقی‌مانده (bâqimânde), بازمانده (fa) (bâzmânde)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: resto (pt) m, diferença (pt) f
• Russian: ра́зность (ru) f (ráznostʹ), оста́ток (ru) m (ostátok)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: оста́так m

  Roman: ostátak (sh) m

• Sora: ostatak
• Spanish: resto (es) m
• Tagalog: labi (tl)
• Turkish: kalan (tr)

items left unsold and subject to reduction in price

• Bulgarian: оста́тък (bg) m (ostátǎk)
• Czech: zbytek (cs) m
• Dutch: overschot (nl) n, overstock m, ^{(please verify)} onverkochte voorrraad, ^{(please verify)} overtollige voorrraad
• Finnish: jäännöserä
• German: Restposten (de)
• Italian: rimanenza (it) f, invenduto m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 売れ残り (ja) (うれのこり, urenokori)
• Russian: оста́ток (ru) m (ostátok), оста́тки (ru) pl (ostátki)
• Spanish: saldo (es) m
• Turkish: kalan (tr)
• Ukrainian: ре́шта f (réšta), ре́штки f pl (réštky)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: (indefinite) ^{(please verify)} بَاقٍ (bāqin), (definite) (indefinite) ^{(please verify)} بَاقٍ (bāqin), (definite) ^{(please verify)} اَلْبَاقِي (al-bāqī)
• Danish: ^{(please verify)} rest (da) c
• French: ^{(please verify)} restant (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} reste (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} résidu (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} invendu (fr), ^{(please verify)} surplus (fr) m
• German: ^{(please verify)} Rest (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: (1) ^{(please verify)} resto (it) m, ^{(please verify)} avanzo (it) m
• Korean: (nameoji) ^{(please verify)} 나머지 (ko) (nameoji)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 剩餘／剩余 (zh) (shèngyú), ^{(please verify)} 剩馀 (zh) (shèng yú)

• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} rest (sv) c

See also

• remainderman

Adjective

remainder (not comparable)

1. Remaining.

Synonyms

• leftover

Translations

remaining

• Bulgarian: оставащ (bg) (ostavašt)
• Dutch: overblijvend (nl), resterend (nl)
• Finnish: jäljellä oleva
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek: υπόλοιπος (el) m (ypóloipos)

Verb

remainder (third-person singular simple present remainders, present participle remaindering, simple past and past participle remaindered)

1. (transitive, commerce) To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.

   The bookstore remaindered the unsold copies of that book at the end of summer.

Translations

commerce

• Dutch: opruimen (nl), uitverkopen (nl)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: runtersetzen (de)

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English remainder.

Noun

remainder m (invariable)

1. a remainder, (book) sold at reduced price

Anagrams

• rimendare