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remainder

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Noun, Verb (transitive)
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re=main=der
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11 in 11 verses (in OT : 11 in 11 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

remaindern. [OF. remaindre, inf. See Remain.].
  •  Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant.  Dryden.  [1913 Webster]
    "If these decoctions be repeated till the water comes off clear, the remainder yields no salt."  [1913 Webster]
  •  The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction.  [1913 Webster]
  •  An estate in expectancy, generally in land, which becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's life interest is a particuar estate, and B's interest is a remainder, or estate in remainder.  [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Balance; rest; residue; remnant; leavings.
remaindera. 
     Remaining; left; left over; refuse.  [1913 Webster]
    "Which is as dry as the remainder biscuit
    After a voyage.
    "  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

remainder, n. & v.
--n.
1 a part remaining or left over.
2 remaining persons or things.
3 a number left after division or subtraction.
4 the copies of a book left unsold when demand has fallen.
5 Law an interest in an estate that becomes effective in possession only when a prior interest (devised at the same time) ends.
--v.tr. dispose of (a remainder of books) at a reduced price.

Etymology
ME (in sense 5) f. AF, = OF remaindre: see REMAIN

THESAURUS

remainder

adjunct, afterlife, balance, bonus, component, contingent, copyhold, credit, cross section, deficit, detachment, detail, difference, discrepancy, dividend, division, dole, epact, equitable estate, estate at sufferance, estate for life, estate for years, estate in expectancy, estate in fee, estate in possession, estate tail, excess, extra, fee, fee simple, fee tail, feod, feodum, feud, feudal estate, fief, following, fraction, future time, gratuity, hangover, heel, installment, item, lagniappe, lateness, lease, leasehold, leavings, leftover, leftovers, legal estate, margin, net, next life, overage, overmeasure, overplus, overrun, overset, overstock, oversupply, paramount estate, parcel, part, particular, particular estate, percentage, plus, portion, postdate, postdating, posteriority, pourboire, provenience, quadrant, quarter, quota, random sample, remains, remnant, residual, residue, residuum, rest, reversion, sample, sampling, section, sector, segment, sequence, share, something extra, spare, subdivision, subgroup, subsequence, subspecies, succession, supervenience, supervention, surplus, surplusage, tip, vested estate

ROGET THESAURUS

remainder

Redundancy

N redundancy, redundance, too much, too many, superabundance, superfluity, superfluence, saturation, nimiety, transcendency, exuberance, profuseness, profusion, repletion, enough in all conscience, satis superque, lion's share, more than enough, plethora, engorgement, congestion, load, surfeit, sickener, turgescence, overdose, overmeasure, oversupply, overflow, inundation, avalanche, accumulation, heap, drug, drug in the market, glut, crowd, burden, excess, surplus, overplus, epact, margin, remainder, duplicate, surplusage, expletive, work of supererogation, bonus, bonanza, luxury, intemperance, extravagance, exorbitance, lavishment, pleonasm, too many irons in the fire, embarras de richesses, redundant, too much, too many, exuberant, inordinate, superabundant, excessive, overmuch, replete, profuse, lavish, prodigal, exorbitant, overweening, extravagant, overcharged, supersaturated, drenched, overflowing, running over, running to waste, running down, crammed to overflowing, filled to overflowing, gorged, ready to burst, dropsical, turgid, plethoric, obese, superfluous, unnecessary, needless, supervacaneous, uncalled for, to spare, in excess, over and above, de trop, adscititious, supernumerary, on one's hands, spare, duplicate, supererogatory, expletive, un peu fort, over, too, over and above, overmuch, too much, too far, without measure, beyond measure, out of measure, with a to spare, over head and ears, up to one's eyes, up to one's ears, extra, beyond the mark, acervatim, it never rains but it pours, fortuna multis dat nimium nulli satis, Degree of Subservience.

Remainder

N remainder, residue, remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic, leavings, heeltap, odds and ends, cheesepairings, candle ends, orts, residuum, dregs, refuse, stubble, result, educt, fag-end, ruins, wreck, skeleton, stump, alluvium, surplus, overplus, excess, balance, complement, superplus, surplusage, superfluity, survival, survivance, remaining, left, left behind left over, residual, residuary, over, odd, unconsumed, sedimentary, surviving, net, exceeding, over and above, outlying, outstanding, cast off, superfluous.

Posteriority

N posteriority, succession, sequence, following, subsequence, supervention, futurity, successor, sequel, remainder, reversion, subsequent, posterior, following, after, later, succeeding, postliminious, postnate, postdiluvial, postdiluvian, puisne, posthumous, future, afterdinner, postprandial, subsequently, after, afterwards, since, later, at a subsequent, at a later period, at a later date, next, in the sequel, close upon, thereafter, thereupon, upon which, eftsoons, from that time, from that moment, after a while, after a time, in process of time.

Property

N property, possession, suum cuique, meum et tuum, ownership, proprietorship, lordship, seignority, empire, interest, stake, estate, right, title, claim, demand, holding, tenure, vested interest, contingent interest, beneficial interest, equitable interest, use, trust, benefit, legal estate, equitable estate, seizin, seisin, absolute interest, paramount estate, freehold, fee tail, fee simple, estate in fee, estate in tail, estate tail, estate in tail male, estate in tail female, estate in tail general, limitation, term, lease, settlement, strict settlement, particular estate, estate for life, estate for years, estate pur autre vie, remainder, reversion, expectancy, possibility, dower, dowry, jointure, appanage, inheritance, heritage, patrimony, alimony, legacy, Falcidian law, paternal estate, thirds, assets, belongings, means, resources, circumstances, wealth, money, what one is worth, what one will cut up for, estate and effects, landed property, landed real estate property, realty, land, lands, tenements, hereditaments, corporeal hereditaments, incorporeal hereditaments, acres, ground, acquest, messuage, toft, territory, state, kingdom, principality, realm, empire, protectorate, sphere of influence, manor, honor, domain, demesne, farm, plantation, hacienda, allodium, fief, fieff, feoff, feud, zemindary, dependency, arado, merestead, ranch, free lease-holds, copy lease-holds, folkland, chattels real, fixtures, plant, heirloom, easement, right of common, right of user, personal property, personal estate, personal effects, personalty, chattels, goods, effects, movables, stock, stock in trade, things, traps, rattletraps, paraphernalia, equipage, parcels, appurtenances, impedimenta, luggage, baggage, bag and baggage, pelf, cargo, lading, rent roll, income, maul and wedges, patent, copyright, chose in action, credit, debt, one's own, landed, predial, manorial, allodial, free lease-hold, copy lease-hold, feudal, feodal, to one's credit, to one's account, to the good, to one and his heirs for ever, to one and the heirs of his body, to one and his heirs and assigns, to one and his executors administrators and assign.


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