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remainder

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  1. reversion             
 
1. re.main.der \ri-'ma-n-d*r\ n [ME, fr. AF, fr. MF remaindre] 1: an estate 
   in expectancy that becomes an estate in possession upon the de termination 
   of a particular prior estate created at the same time by the same 
   instrument 2a: a remaining group, part, or trace  2b1: the number left 
   after a subtraction  2b2: the final undivided part after division that is 
   less or of lower degre e than the divisor 3: a book sold at a reduced price 
   by the publisher after sales have slowed 
2. remainder aj : LEFTOVER, REMAINING 
3. remainder \-d(*-)rin\ vt or re.main.der.ing : to dispose of as 
   remainders