Remainder vs Remains - What's the difference?
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A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed.
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(mathematics) The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If (n) (dividend) and d'' (divisor) are integers, then (n) can always be expressed in the form ''n = dq + r'', where ''q'' (quotient) and ''r'' (remainder ) are also integers and 0 ≤ ''r'' < ''d .
(mathematics) The number left over after a simple subtraction
(commerce) Excessive stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.
(legal) An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined
remaining
(commerce) To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.
What is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.
Historical or archaeological relics.
(senseid)The extant writings of a deceased person.
All that is left of the stock of some things; remnants.
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In lang=en terms the difference between remainder and remains
is that remainder is an estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined while remains is plural of lang=en.As nouns the difference between remainder and remains
is that remainder is a part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed while remains is what is left after a person (or any organism) dies; a corpse.As verbs the difference between remainder and remains
is that remainder is to mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price while remains is third-person singular of remain.As an adjective remainder
is remaining.remainder
English
(wikipedia remainder)Alternative forms
* R (mathematics)Noun
(en noun)- ''My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder .
- ''You can have the remainder of my clothes.
- Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.
- ''17 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3.
- ''11 divided by 2 is 5 remainder 1.
- ''10 minus 4 leaves a remainder of 6
- ''I got a really good price on this shirt because it was a remainder .
Synonyms
* (a part or parts remaining) remnant, residue, rest * surplusDerived terms
* remainderman * contingent remainderSee also
* addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total) * subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference) * multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product) * division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend * modulusSee also
* remaindermanAdjective
(-)Synonyms
* leftoverVerb
(en verb)- ''The bookstore remaindered the unsold copies of that book at the end of summer at a reduced price.
remains
English
(wikipedia remains)Noun
(en-plural noun)- The victim's remains were one small piece of bone.
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Verb
(head)- We'll go ahead, while she remains here.