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carry back

British  

verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to apply (a legally permitted credit, esp an operating loss) to the taxable income of previous years in order to ease the overall tax burden

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noun

  1. an amount carried back

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Chazanas, the interior designer, already has a crystals shopping list with requests from half a dozen clients and is planning on bringing a mover with her to Arizona to help carry back the haul.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2021

She isn’t a jammer, but her grandparents would make pilgrimages back to South Carolina and carry back a few quart jars of muscadine jam.

From New York Times • Aug. 18, 2020

Saul will now hope his scoring run with Spain will carry back over to Atletico when it hosts Eibar on Saturday.

From Washington Times • Sep. 13, 2018

We returned to Washington without our luggage or the signed contract, though we did carry back a memorable souvenir: amoebic dysentery.

From Washington Post • Nov. 1, 2017

With cloaks in which to carry back whatever they might find, Taran and Gurgi set off.

From "The Book of Three" by Lloyd Alexander

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