jäännöserä — meaning in English

English meaning

• remainder noun Whatever is left over once part of something has been taken away or used up.
• remnant noun A small remaining piece or amount of something bigger that once existed.

Senses

jäännöserä is used for these senses in English:

• odd lot (economics) A set of leftover goods, of a quantity less than an evenly divisible shippable unit, often sold at reduced price.
• remainder (commerce) Excess stock items left unsold and subject to reduction in price.
• remnant An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.

remainder — full definition

1. noun Whatever is left over once part of something has been taken away or used up.
2. noun In arithmetic, the number left over when one number doesn't divide evenly into another.
3. noun Unsold copies of a book or other stock, later sold off cheaply.

remnant — full definition

1. noun A small remaining piece or amount of something bigger that once existed.
2. noun A leftover piece of fabric sold cheaply at the end of a roll.

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