Meaning & use
remainder
The part of something that is left over after the rest has been used, removed, or accounted for.
See it in a sentence
He spent the remainder of the afternoon cleaning out the garage.
When you divide seventeen by five, the remainder is two.
A note on using this word
In arithmetic, the remainder is the amount left over after division that does not divide evenly.
Words with a similar meaning
restresidue
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