0 the part of something that is left after the other parts have gone, been used, or been taken away:
1 in mathematics, the amount that is left when one number cannot be exactly divided by another:
9 divided by 4 is 2, remainder 1.
2 to sell a book cheaply because it has not sold well and no more copies of it will be produced:
His autobiography never sold very well and was soon remaindered.
3 the part that is left after the other parts are gone, used, or taken away:
4 the part of something that is not included in a total or amount, or that is left after the rest has gone:
Venezuela is able to sell three-quarters of its OPEC quota as refined products, with the heavy crude oil making up most of the remainder.
the remainder of sth The remainder of its business, plastic packaging, makes up 20% of group sales.
Inflation could remain at 3% or above for the remainder of the year.
5 a book, CD, or DVD that is sold at a reduced price, often because it has not sold as well as expected:
All our remainders have been discounted by more than 50%.
6 to sell a book, CD, or DVD at a reduced price, often because it has not sold as well as expected:
Copies of his autobiography are now being remaindered.
The aneurysms originated from the right coronary sinus in 79% and from the non-coronary sinus in the remainders.
When it is difficult to obtain useful and realistic analytic bounds for the remainders it may be necessary during computations to verify if the number h is small enough.
If equals are subtracted from equals, the remainders are equal.
There is the case of remainders.
Is it not inflationary to perambulate from bookshop to bookshop signing copies of one's memoirs in the hope that when they are remaindered this will keep the price up?
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