n. & v.
--n.
1. a part remaining or left over.
2 remaining persons or things.
3 a number left after division or subtraction.
4 the copies of a book left unsold when demand has fallen.
5 Law an interest in an estate that becomes effective in possession only when a prior interest (devised at the same time) ends.
--v.tr. dispose of (a remainder of books) at a reduced price.
Etymology: ME (in sense 5) f. AF, OF remaindre: see REMAIN