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remainder
noun

A part or parts remain, remaining after some has/have been removed.

My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder.

You can have the remainder of my clothes.

(commerce) Items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.

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

(mathematics) 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 (quotation) and r () are also integers, and 0 ≤ r < d.

17 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3.

11 divided by 2 is 5 remainder 1.

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German: (t, de, Restposten)

Etymology: remain + d + -er

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