n.
Pronunciation: ri- ' m ā n-d ə r
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from remaindre, v.
Date: 14th century
1 : an interest or estate in property that follows and is dependent on the termination of a prior intervening possessory estate created at the same time by the same instrument
2 a : a remaining group, part, or trace b (1) : the number left after a subtraction (2) : the final undivided part after division that is less or of lower degree than the divisor
3 : a book sold at a reduced price by the publisher after sales have slowed