remainder

/rɪˈmeɪndər/
verb
  1. To sell (a book) at a reduced price because it is no longer selling well.
    • The publisher decided to remainder the unsold copies of the novel.
    • After poor sales, the company remaindered the entire print run.
    • Many first editions were remaindered and later became valuable.
noun
  1. The part of something that is left after the rest has been used, removed, or dealt with.
    • She ate half the pizza and saved the remainder for lunch tomorrow.
    • The remainder of the class will finish the project next week.
    • After paying the bills, the remainder of his salary went into savings.
  2. In mathematics, the amount left over when one number cannot be divided exactly by another.
    • The teacher asked the students to find the remainder of 23 divided by 4.
    • In the division problem 100 ÷ 7, the remainder is 2.
    • When you divide 17 by 5, the quotient is 3 and the remainder is 2.
  3. A book that is sold at a reduced price because it has not been sold and is no longer in high demand.
    • He bought several remainders from the publisher's clearance sale.
    • The bookstore had a table full of remainders marked down to five dollars.
    • Many remainders end up in discount stores or online bargain bins.
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