adj remaining; left; left over; refuse.
2. remainder ·noun the quantity or sum that is left after subtraction, or after any deduction.
3. remainder ·noun anything that remains, or is left, after the separation and removal of a part; residue; remnant.
4. remainder ·noun an estate in expectancy, generally in land, which becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to a for life, and on his death to b, a's life interest is a particuar estate, and b's interest is a remainder, or estate in remainder.