What is the meaning of remainder?

noun

• Something left after other parts have been taken away.
  • usage: "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
  • synonyms: balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest
• The part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor.
• The number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend.
  • synonyms: difference
• A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold.
  • synonyms: end, remnant, oddment

verb

• Sell cheaply as remainders.
  • usage: "The publisher remaindered the books"