remainder

Word family

re·main·der /rɪˈmeɪndə $ -ər/ noun

1 the remainder REMAIN/BE LEFTthe part of something that is left after everything else has gone or been dealt with 剩余物，剩余部分 SYN the rest

The remainder must be paid by the end of June.

剩余款项必须在6月底之前支付。

the remainder of

He spent the remainder of his police career behind a desk.

他警察生涯的剩余时间都是在办公桌前度过的。

Examples from the Corpus

the remainder• £100 of the purchase price must be paid now, and the remainder is to be paid off in monthly installments.• The school board agreed to suspend Linda Cole for the remainder of the school year.• Simmer the soup uncovered for the remainder of the cooking time.• The state will provide $4.6 million, with the county supplying the remainder.

2 [countableC]

a) the number you get when you subtract one number from another number 差数

b) the number that is left when you divide one number by another number 余数

Fifteen divided by four gives you a remainder of 3.

15除以4，余数为3。

Examples from the Corpus

remainder• Only two of the patients with residual cystic duct stones were advised to undergo cholecystectomy and the remainder are asymptomatic.• The distribution of the remainder of the portfolios was unchanged.• Many of the remainder were absorbed by McCorquodale the printers.• The caddies received only a proportion of this as a caddie master was entitled to the remainder.• The remainder constitutes the interstitial fluid that surrounds each body cell.• The remainder were largely due to sewage, industrial pollution or oil spillages.• The remainder will be treated as investment income, which is liable to tax.

From Longman Business Dictionary

remainderre·main·der1 /rɪˈmeɪndə-ər/ noun

1the remainder the part of something left after the other parts have gone or been dealt with

The company will pay £316 million to the pension fund this year, and the remainder over 30 years.

2[countableC]COMMERCE a book sold cheaply because it has not been successful

The quantity of remainders has increased greatly in the last decade.

remainderremainder2 verb [transitiveT]COMMERCE

to sell copies of a book cheaply because it has not been successful

The original price was £15.50, but it did not sell well and was remaindered at £4.50 a copy.

—remaindered adjectiveadj [only before a noun]

remaindered books

Origin remainder