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   remainder

   /rɪˈmeɪndə/

   noun

   • 1. a part of something that is left over when other parts have been completed, used, or dealt with: "leave a few mushrooms for garnish and slice the remainder"
   • ▪ the number which is left over in a division in which one quantity does not exactly divide another: "23 divided by 3 is 7, remainder 2"
   • ▪ a copy of a book left unsold when demand has fallen: "it seems that buying and selling remainders is the lowest form of bookselling"
   • 2. a property interest that becomes effective in possession only when a prior interest (created at the same time) ends.

   verb

   • 1. dispose of (a book left unsold) at a reduced price: "titles are being remaindered increasingly quickly to save on overheads"

   Word Origin late Middle English (in remainder (sense 2 of the noun)): from Anglo-Norman French, from Latin remanere (see remain).

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