remainder

remainder
noun

a part, number, or quantity that is left over
剩余部分
leave a few mushrooms for garnish and slice the remainder.
留一些蘑菇做菜肴装饰，剩下的切成薄片。
■a part that is still to come
其余部分，其余
the remainder of the year.
这一年余下的时间。
■the number which is left over in a division in which one quantity does not exactly divide another
余数
■a copy of a book left unsold when demand has fallen
（因需求下降而未卖出的）剩书
(Law)an interest in an estate that becomes effective in possession only when a prior interest (devised at the same time) ends
(律)有待继承产权，残余权

verb

[with obj.](常作 be remaindered)dispose of (a book left unsold) at a reduced price
削价出售（剩书）
titles are being remaindered increasingly quickly to save on overheads.
为了节省日常开支，剩书正在被越来越快地削价出售。

语源

late Middle English (in sense 3): from Anglo-Norman French, from Latin remanere (see remain)

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