Definition of Remainder

Remainder

Anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant.

The quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction.

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.

Remaining; left; left over; refuse.

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Remainder Quotations

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.
Saint Augustine

Who today is willing to say that Texas and California and the remainder of the Southwest would be better off if they were governed by Mexico?
Stephen Ambrose

I was seeing everything through pain. I would roll out of bed and do my exercises. I had to do that to work out the remainder of the pain pills. I would drink coffee and go to the set and plunge myself so far into my work.
Dick York

In all nations an exceptional man exists that compensates the deficiencies of the remainder. In those moments, when humanity is found collectively in a state of decadence, there always remain those exceptional beings as point of reference.
Augusto Roa Bastos

Jim and I are still receiving surgical attention, and will be the remainder of our lives.
Cole Younger

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Remainder Translations

remainder in Afrikaans is res, afval
remainder in Danish is rest
remainder in Dutch is rest, overige
remainder in German is Restbestand, Restbestands, rest
remainder in Italian is rimanenza
remainder in Latin is reliquum
remainder in Portuguese is restante
remainder in Spanish is resto

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