carry-over
Americannoun
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that which is carried over, postponed, or extended to a later time, account, etc.
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Bookkeeping. the total of one page of an account carried forward to the next.
verb
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to postpone or defer
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accounting tax accounting another term for carry forward
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(on the London Stock Exchange) to postpone (payment or settlement) until the next account day
noun
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something left over for future use, esp goods to be sold
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accounting a sum or balance carried forward
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another name for contango
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tax accounting another name for carry-forward See carry forward
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See carry forward , def. 1.
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To keep something, usually merchandise, for a subsequent period. For example, We'll carry over this summer's bathing suits for next winter's resort season .
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Persist from one time or situation to another, as in His leadership in sports carried over to the classroom . [Late 1800s]
Etymology
Origin of carry-over
First recorded in 1735–45; noun use of verb phrase carry over
Example Sentences
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But after she introduced her proposal — attached as an amendment to a technical bill authorizing departments to spend carry-over dollars from the year before — Rivera and the council ran into a tsunami of anger.
From Seattle Times
What you’re seeing at the start of the season is a carry-over from how they finished the season.”
From Seattle Times
“Even though we have new plays and new wrinkles this year, there’s still carry-over,” Sheridan said.
From Seattle Times
Logically, this carry-over makes no sense; but it happened anyway.
From Seattle Times
Wells wants to know the extent of this ‘carry-over’ in the UK cases and whether or not very low levels of mutation-bearing mitochondria cause health problems.
From Scientific American
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