remainder

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun something left after other parts have been taken away
noun the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor
noun the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend

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

The remainder of our journey to Thark was uneventful. — A princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs
The remainder of the evening comprised a little of everything. — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau
The remainder of their discourse was on practical matters only. — Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure Woman, Thomas Hardy

balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest

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