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remainder

 
 
/rɪˈmeɪndər/ verb [T]

Definition

COMMERCE to sell a book, CD, or DVD at a reduced price, often because it has not sold as well as expected: Copies of his autobiography are now being remaindered.
(Definition of remainder verb from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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