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1. Relating to or indicating a remainder
   "residual quantity"
   - residuary

1. Something left after other parts have been taken away
   - remainder, balance, residue, residuum, rest
    
2. (often plural) a payment that is made to a performer or writer or director of a television show or commercial that is paid for every repeat showing
   "he could retire on his residuals"

Derived forms: residuals

See also: residue

Type of: component, component part, constituent, part, payment, portion

Encyclopedia: Residual