residue

Definition

The corporate equivalent of 'stuff we couldn't sell or use.' In finance and operations, it's what remains after you've stripped out all the valuable bits—technically still yours, but nobody wants to claim it.

Example Usage

After the restructuring, we were left with residue assets that we're now desperately trying to liquidate.

Source: Finance and operations terminology

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