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Noun remainder has 4 senses
- remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest - something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
--1 is a kind of part, portion, component part, component
--1 has particulars: leftover, remnant
- remainder - the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor
--2 is a kind of number
- remainder, difference - the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
--3 is a kind of number
--3 has particulars: balance
- end, remainder, remnant, oddment - a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
--4 is a kind of piece of cloth, piece of material
--4 has particulars: fag end
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