remainder English · revision 10434

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1424|origins=xno remeinder|origins=la remanere}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɹɪˈmeɪndə/, /ɹəˈmeɪndə/ ''(UK)''; /ɹəˈmeɪndɚ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English remaindre, [[bor|xno|remeinder]], the noun use of the infinitive remaindre, a variant of Old French remanoir, to stay, be left,^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002) from Latin remanēre, to remain, stay behind (see [[remain]]),^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from re-, back, and manēre, to stay.^(Etymonline) The -d- is unetymological.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In law, an interest in an estate that passes to a second party when a prior interest ends: the late 14th century in Etymonline, 1424 in the OED.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Those still left of a number of people is from before 1547,^(OED 1989) and the general sense, that which remains after part has been taken away, is by the 1550s (1560).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) In mathematics it is from the 1570s.^(Etymonline) In publishing, the unsold copies of an edition sold off cheaply are remainders from 1757,^(Etymonline) and the verb, to dispose of them, is by 1902–04.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) ''Remainder man'' is from 1743.^(OED 1989) The right to succeed to a title on the death of its holder is from 1809.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1424 – a legal remainder.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1560 – what is left.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1570s – in arithmetic.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1757 – unsold books.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1902 – to remainder books (verb).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The part left over after the rest has been used, taken away or dealt with.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(mathematics)'' The amount left over when one number is divided by another, or the difference after subtraction.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(law)'' An interest in an estate that takes effect when a prior interest ends.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A copy of a book left with the publisher after sales have fallen, sold off cheaply.^(AHD)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To sell off unsold books as remainders.^(AHD)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[remainderman]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[remain]]

+ * [[remnant]]

+ * [[residue]]

+ * [[mansion]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}