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"
the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor
the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
Verb:
sell cheaply as remainders;"The publisher remaindered the books"
中英词源
remainder 剩余物
来自 remain,剩余。
remainder (n.)
late 14c., from Anglo-French remainder, Old French remaindre, noun use of infinitive, a variant of Old French remanoir (see remain (v.)). The verb meaning "dispose of (books) at a reduced price" is from 1904. Related: Remaindered.