remainder vs stump

remainder

noun
  • A part or parts remaining after some has/have been removed. 

  • Excess stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price. 

  • The amount left over after subtracting the divisor as many times as possible from the dividend without producing a negative result. If n (dividend) and d (divisor) are integers, then n can always be expressed in the form n = dq + r, where q (quotient) and r (remainder) are also integers and 0 ≤ r < d. 

  • An estate in expectancy which only comes in its heir's possession after an estate created by the same instrument has been determined 

  • The number left over after a simple subtraction 

adj
  • Remaining. 

verb
  • To mark or declare items left unsold as subject to reduction in price. 

stump

noun
  • The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb. 

  • One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball. 

  • A leg. 

  • An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media. 

  • A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house. 

  • The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting. 

  • A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration. 

  • A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key. 

  • A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece. 

verb
  • To stop, confuse, or puzzle. 

  • To get a batsman out stumped. 

  • To bowl down the stumps of (a wicket). 

  • To walk heavily or clumsily, plod, trudge. 

  • To reduce to a stump; to truncate or cut off a part of. 

  • To strike unexpectedly; to stub, as the toe against something fixed. 

  • To travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering purposes. 

  • To baffle; to make unable to find an answer to a question or problem. 

  • To campaign. 

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