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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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  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"

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. remaindernoun

    Synonyms:
    remnant, residue, rest, remains, BALANCE

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. remaindernoun

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "remainder":

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

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How to use remainder in a sentence?

  1. Michael Fallon:

    Some 100 left during the course of the training by agreement with the Libyan authorities, the remainder have all now been returned properly to Libya, apart from five who remain in custody and a very small handful who have claimed asylum.

  2. Jeff Bahr:

    We continued vaccinating until the remainder of The Moderna vaccine was discarded due to being rendered ineffective.

  3. 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.

  4. Stephen Innes:

    With so many potential supply disruptors in play and few signs that the current market upheaval will end any time soon, traders continue to pay the geopolitical risk premium, oil prices should remain bid ... at least through the Iran nuclear deal deadline (May 12) if not for the remainder of 2018.

  5. Kirsten Gillibrand:

    I think we should be drawing down our troops, not only in Afghanistan but the remainder in Iraq and Syria, and then give Congress the opportunity that if they believe we should be in combat missions in any of these countries that we actually file a new authorization for the use of military force.


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