different between remainder vs left

English

Alternative forms

• remainer (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, with infinitive used as noun.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???me?nd?/, /???me?nd?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???me?nd?/
• Rhymes: -e?nd?(?)

Noun

remainder (plural remainders)

1. A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed.

   My son ate part of his cake and I ate the remainder.

   You can have the remainder of my clothes.
2. (mathematics) The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If n (dividend) and d (divisor) are integers, then n can always be expressed in the form n = dq + r, where q (quotient) and r (remainder) are also integers and 0 ? r < d.

   17 leaves a remainder of 2 when divided by 3.

   11 divided by 2 is 5 remainder 1.

3. (mathematics) The number left over after a simple subtraction

   10 minus 4 leaves a remainder of 6

5. (commerce) Excess stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.

   I got a really good price on this shirt because it was a remainder.

6. (law) An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined

Synonyms

• (a part or parts remaining): remnant, residue, rest, lave; See also Thesaurus:remainder
• surplus

Antonyms

• (a part or parts remaining): dearth, deficiency, deficit, shortage, undersupply

Derived terms

• R (mathematics)
• remainderman
• contingent remainder

See also

• addition, summation: (augend) + (addend) = (summand) × (summand) = (sum, total)
• subtraction: (minuend) ? (subtrahend) = (difference)
• multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) = (product)
• division: (dividend) ÷ (divisor) = (quotient), remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
• modulus

Translations

See also

• remainderman

Adjective

remainder (not comparable)

1. Remaining.

Synonyms

• leftover

Translations

Verb

remainder (third-person singular simple present remainders, present participle remaindering, simple past and past participle remaindered)

1. (transitive, commerce) To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price.

   The bookstore remaindered the unsold copies of that book at the end of summer.

Translations

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English remainder.

Noun

remainder m (invariable)

1. A remainder, (book) sold at reduced price

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English left, luft, leoft, lift, lyft, from Old English left, lyft (“weak, clumsy, foolish”), attested in Old English lyft?dl (“palsy, paralysis”), from Proto-Germanic *luft-, from *lubjan? (“to castrate, lop off”) (compare dialectal English lib, West Frisian lobje, Dutch lubben), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leup, *(s)lup (“hanging limply”). Compare Scots left (“left”), North Frisian lefts, leeft, leefts (“left”), West Frisian lofts (“left”), dialectal Dutch loof (“weak, worthless”), Low German lucht (“left”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /l?ft/
• Rhymes: -?ft

Adjective

left (comparative more left or lefter, superlative most left or leftmost)

1. Designating the side of the body toward the west when one is facing north; the opposite of right;.

   Synonyms: sinister, sinistral

   Antonyms: right, dexter, dextral

2. (politics) Pertaining to the political left.

   Antonym: right

Derived terms

Related terms

• left wing
• two left feet

Translations

Adverb

left (not comparable)

1. On the left side.

   Antonym: right

2. Towards the left side.

   Antonym: right

3. Towards the political left.

   Antonym: right

Derived terms

• left turn (interjection, verb)

Translations

Noun

left (plural lefts)

1. The left side or direction.

   Synonyms: 9 o'clock, port

2. (politics) The ensemble of left-wing political parties. Those holding left-wing views as a group.

3. The left hand or fist.
4. (boxing) A punch delivered with the left fist.
5. (surfing) A wave breaking from left to right (viewed from the shore).

   Antonym: right

Derived terms

• lefty

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English left, variant of laft (“remaining, left”), from Old English l?fd, ?el?fd, past participle of l?fan (“to leave”). More at leave.

Verb

left

1. simple past tense and past participle of leave (“depart, separate from; (cause or allow to) remain”).

Translations

Etymology 3

From Middle English levit, ilevet, y-levyd, from Old English ?el?fd, ?el?fed, past participle of Old English ?el?fan, l?fan (“to allow, permit”), equivalent to leave (“to give leave to, allow, grant, permit”) +? -ed.

Verb

left

1. simple past tense and past participle of leave (“permit”).

2. simple past tense and past participle of leave (“have a remnant”).

References

• The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology, Walter W. Skeat.

Anagrams

• FELT, Felt, TEFL, felt, flet