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Residuary vs Remainder - What's the difference?

residuary | remainder |

In lang=en terms the difference between residuary and remainder

is that residuary is with respect to a will, relating to the portion of an estate which was not disposed of in the will, or for which the directions in the will could not be carried out while 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.

As adjectives the difference between residuary and remainder

is that residuary is of or relating to a residue; residual; left over, when the main portion has been removed while remainder is remaining.

As a noun remainder is

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

As a verb remainder is

to mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.

residuary

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or relating to a residue; residual; left over, when the main portion has been removed.
  • (legal) With respect to a will, relating to the portion of an estate which was not disposed of in the will, or for which the directions in the will could not be carried out.

    • Derived terms

    * residuary beneficiary * residuary bequest * residuary clause * residuary estate * residuary legatee * residuary taker

    remainder

    English

    (wikipedia remainder)

    Alternative forms

    * R (mathematics)

    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.
  • *
    • 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

    • Synonyms

    * (a part or parts remaining) remnant, residue, rest * surplus

    Derived terms

    * remainderman * contingent remainder

    See 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 * modulus

    See also

    * remainderman

    Adjective

    (-)
  • remaining

    • Synonyms

    * leftover

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (commerce) To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.
    • ''The bookstore remaindered the unsold copies of that book at the end of summer at a reduced price.