■ noun
1》 a part, number, or quantity that is left over.
↘ Mathematics the number which is left over in a division in which one quantity does not exactly divide another.
2》 a part that is still to come.
3》 a copy of a book left unsold when demand has fallen.
4》 Law a property interest that becomes effective in possession only when a prior interest ends.
■ verb dispose of (a book left unsold) at a reduced price.
Origin
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr., from L. remanere (see remain ).