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remainder noun

noun
/rɪˈmeɪndə(r)/
1

the part of something that is left after the rest has gone or been finished

Example

We must keep our costs down for the remainder of the financial year.

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1.1

in mathematics, the amount that is left when one number cannot be divided exactly by another

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2

a book that is sold for less than its usual price because not many people have bought it

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