Residual

A residual is generally a quantity left over at the end of a process. It may refer to:

Business

 * Residual (entertainment industry), in business, one of an ongoing stream of royalties for rerunning or reusing motion pictures, television shows or commercials
 * Profit (accounting), residuals that shareholders, partners or other owners are entitled to, after debtors are covered
 * Residual in the bankruptcy of insolvent businesses, moneys that are left after all assets are sold and all creditors paid, to be divided among residual claimants
 * Residual (or balloon) in finance, a lump sum owed to the financier at the end of a loan's term; for example Balloon payment mortgage

Mathematics, statistics and econometrics

 * Residual (statistics)
 * Studentized residual
 * Residual time, in the theory of renewal processes
 * Residual (numerical analysis)
 * Minimal residual method
 * Generalized minimal residual method
 * Residual set, the complement of a meager set
 * Residual property (mathematics), a concept in group theory
 * Residually finite group, a specific residual property
 * The residual function attached to a residuated mapping
 * Residual in a residuated lattice, loosely analogous to division
 * Residue (complex analysis)
 * Solow residual, in economics

Geomorphology
A residual is the remnant of a formerly extensive mass of rock or land surface
 * Inselberg
 * Mesa
 * Monadnock

Other uses

 * Residual neural network
 * Residual volume, the amount of air left in the lungs after a maximal exhalation; see Lung volumes