Remainder meaning

What does “remainder” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“remainder” is a noun and verb with 5 meanings. Its most common meaning is: something left after other parts have been taken away.

remainder

something left after other parts have been taken away
“there was no remainder”
“he threw away the rest”
Synonymsbalance residual residue residuum rest
the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor
the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
Synonymsdifference
a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
Synonymsend remnant oddment

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University