Collocations for "remainder"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "remainder" in context.
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remainder
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the remainder of the [students, guests, passengers, players, workers]
- the remainder of the [goods, items, products, articles, boxes, cases, luggage]
- for the remainder of the [day, week, month, year]
- the remainder must wait [here, behind, in the room]
- the remainder were made to [wait, go, leave, stay]
- the remainder were [told, asked, instructed] to wait
- the remainder were mainly [students, tourists, foreigners]
- the remainder came from other [backgrounds, countries, disciplines]
- the remainder consists of [rustic land, forests, woodland]
- [pay, settle] the remainder in cash
- pay the remainder on [completion, delivery, installation]
- [keep, store, chill] the remainder in the refrigerator
- cut the remainder of [lemon, mushrooms, ginger]
- can just [fill in, leave, skip] the remainder
- math: the remainder is [two]
- the remainder from dividing
- sell remainders of the book at [half price, a discount]
- remaindering [books, stocks, goods]
- (unsold) books [will be, are] remaindered
- remainder them [quickly, cheaply, at a huge discount]
'remainder' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):