remainder

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
remainder/rɪˈmeɪndə(r)/
noun
  • 1 a part, number, or quantity that is left over.

    Mathematics the number which is left over in a division in which one quantity does not exactly divide another.

  • 2 a part that is still to come.
  • 3 a copy of a book left unsold when demand has fallen.
  • 4 Law a property interest that becomes effective in possession only when a prior interest ends.
verb dispose of (a book left unsold) at a reduced price.
– origin ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr., from L. remanere (see remain).
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