{
    "term": "remainder",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the people, things or time that remain",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I kept some of his books and gave away the remainder."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was silent throughout the remainder of the journey."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If you don't have enough cash with you can pay the remainder tomorrow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In the remainder of this chapter we shall compare the two methods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was an invalid for the remainder of her life."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "rest"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the numbers left after one number has been subtracted from another, or one number has been divided into another",
            "labels": "(mathematics)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Divide 2 into 7, and the answer is 3, remainder 1."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a book that has been remaindered",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈmeɪndə(r)/",
                "audio": "re/remainder/remainder__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/rɪˈmeɪndər/",
                "audio": "re/remainder/remainder__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in a legal sense): from Anglo-Norman French, from Latin remanere, from re- (expressing intensive force) + manere ‘to stay’."
}