: an interest or estate in property that follows and is dependent on the termination of a prior intervening possessory estate created at the same time by the same instrument
Noun 2 subtracted from 5 gives a remainder of 3. 5 goes into 29 five times with a remainder of 4. Verb The book did not sell well and ended up being remaindered.
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Noun
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Verb
In vast quantities it has been remaindered Like a van-load of counterfeit that has been seizedBehind his wit lurked a polymath.New York Times, 27 Nov. 2019 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from remaindre, verb