The Clue
Excess; overage (9 letter answer)
The Answer
REMAINDER
Tags
Notes
The answer REMAINDER is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Residuum
Rest
Definition
REMAINDER as a noun:
1. (remainder, balance, residual, residue, residuum, rest) = something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"
2. the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor
3. (remainder, difference) = the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
4. (end, remainder, remnant, oddment) = a piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
REMAINDER as a verb:
1. sell cheaply as remainders; "The publisher remaindered the books"