Noun

(en noun)

An act or occurrence by which someone or something remains

* {{quote-book, 1580, , An Answer Unto A Crafty and Sophistical Cavillation Devised by Stephen Gardiner, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=mFgYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA298, page=298, edition=1844 Parker Society ed.

, passage=For where Gelasius saith, that "there remaineth the substance or nature of bread and wine," to declare thereby the remaining of two natures in Christ, you say, that "Gelasius' saying may be verified in the last, and not in the first," that is to say, that the nature of bread and wine remaineth.}}

* {{quote-book, 1864, date=August 8, chapter=Mr Seward to Mr Pike, No. 171, author=, title=Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Part 3, year_published=1865, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?pg=PA322&id=QTEWAAAAYAAJ&output=text, page=322

, passage= It is important for us to know to what extent the remaining of that naval force is advantageous, and I hope therefore, that you will seek an opportunity informally to confer upon this question,

* {{quote-book, 1975, , The Contemporary Explosion of Theology, page=39 citation

, passage=In this steadfast remaining with the Church that he so often criticizes, Küng shows himself to be a true son of Roman Catholicism. }}

(countable, rare) Remnant.

Noun

(en noun)

A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed.

''My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder .

''You can have the remainder of my clothes.

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Thirdly, I continue to attempt to interdigitate the taxa in our flora with taxa of the remainder of the world.

(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 .

''17 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3.

''11 divided by 2 is 5 remainder 1.

(mathematics) The number left over after a simple subtraction

''10 minus 4 leaves a remainder of 6

(commerce) Excessive stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.

''I got a really good price on this shirt because it was a remainder .

(legal) An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined