remainder

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The part that is left after the rest has been used, taken, or dealt with.

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

2. 2
   noun

   (maths) The amount left over when one number does not divide exactly into another.

   Seventeen divided by three leaves a remainder of two.

From Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, with infinitive used as noun.

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