Synonyms for remainder
rɪˈmeɪn dərre·main·der

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1. remaindernoun

   Synonyms:
   surplus, leftover

2. remaindernoun

   To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.

   The bookstore remaindered the unsold copies of that book at the end of summer at a reduced price.

   Synonyms:
   surplus, rest, residue, remnant, leftover

3. remaindernoun

   The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If (dividend) and d (divisor) are integers, then can always be expressed in the form n = dq + r, where q (quotient) and r (remainder) are also integers and 0 r d.

   Synonyms:
   residue, rest, remnant, surplus

4. remaindernoun

   The number left over after a simple subtraction

   10 minus 4 leaves a remainder of 6

   Synonyms:
   surplus, rest, remnant, residue

5. remaindernoun

   Excessive stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.

   I got a really good price on this shirt because it was a remainder.

   Synonyms:
   surplus, remnant, rest, residue

6. remaindernoun

   An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined

   Synonyms:
   residue, rest, surplus, remnant

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1. remainder

   Synonyms:
   rest, residue, remnant, balance, surplus, leavings, relics, difference

   Antonyms:
   expenditure, loss, outgoings, issue, waste

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1. remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, restnoun

   something left after other parts have been taken away

   "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"

   Synonyms:
   relief, counterbalance, end, quietus, difference, relaxation, symmetry, equaliser, residual, ease, balance, proportion, residuum, rest, repose, equalizer, counterweight, rest period, eternal sleep, residue, sleep, counterpoise, equilibrium, remnant, symmetricalness, equipoise, correspondence, oddment, balance wheel, proportionality, eternal rest, respite

2. remaindernoun

   the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor

   Synonyms:
   residue, end, residual, oddment, balance, residuum, remnant, rest, difference

3. remainder, differencenoun

   the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend

   Synonyms:
   divergence, residue, end, residual, oddment, difference of opinion, balance, conflict, dispute, residuum, remnant, deviation, departure, rest, difference

4. end, remainder, remnant, oddmentverb

   a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold

   Synonyms:
   residue, goal, peculiarity, terminal, last, conclusion, difference, end, curio, ending, residual, balance, rarity, residuum, rest, destruction, curiosity, oddity, death, remnant, closing, close, final stage, oddment, leftover

5. remainderverb

   sell cheaply as remainders

   "The publisher remaindered the books"

Matched Categories

1. • Commerce
   • Number
   • Sell

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1. remaindernoun

   Synonyms:
   remnant, residue, rest, remains, BALANCE

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1. remaindernoun

   Synonyms:
   residue, remnant, balance, rest, surplus, surplusage, residuum

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1. List of paraphrases for "remainder":

   rest, remains, stay, stays, diner, other, balance, surplus, remaining

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1. Kim Forrest:

   There's no clear trend, we haven't seen much change in forecasts for the remainder of the year.

2. Defense Chris Miller:

   DoD's efforts already surpass those of recent administrations with over three weeks to go and we continue to schedule additional meetings for the remainder of the transition and answer any and all requests for information in our purview.

3. Matthew Green:

   The sad fact is that it brings up issues that we've been struggling with in this country for a long, long time, these are not problems and issues that are going to get resolved by one president in the remainder of his term.

4. Larry Youngner:

   Now that the remainder of Lt. Cmdr. Lin's case has been referred to a court-martial, we request a speedy trial on the merits.

5. Anita Kozyrskyj:

   We each possess a unique gut microbiota but there are common patterns, there are common microbes that are expected to be found in childhood and in adulthood, i would say around 3 years of age we have a bacterial composition that we can call our own. And it stays with us for the remainder of our life.