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| re·main·der [ ri máyndər ] |
noun (plural re·main·ders) |
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1. part of something left: the part of something that is left after other parts have gone or been used up
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2. mathematics amount left over after division: the amount left over when a number or quantity cannot be divided exactly by another
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3. publishing unsold book: a book sold by a publisher at a reduced price after demand has fallen off
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4. commercial law interest in somebody else's estate: an interest in an estate that passes to somebody only after a prior interest terminates, e.g. when the current holder of the estate dies
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transitive verb (past and past participle re·main·dered, present participle re·main·der·ing, 3rd person present singular re·main·ders) |
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publishing sell book at reduced price: to sell copies of a book at a reduced price after demand has fallen off
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| [14th century. < Anglo-Norman, variant of Old French remaindre (see remain)] |
