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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"The increase registered in the CPI during August will generate a carry-over effect," said Eugenio Mari, Chief Economist at the Libertad y Progreso Foundation.
From Reuters • Sep. 11, 2023
Logically, this carry-over makes no sense; but it happened anyway.
From Seattle Times • May 31, 2023
Collins said the IRS still has a lot of carry-over work — unprocessed returns and correspondence — from 2022 that needs to be addressed.
From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2023
Ms. Rouleau offered a hypothetical example to illustrate how the more generous carry-over rules could have affected a worker with a Dec. 31 spending deadline.
From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2022
We said all this in my kitchen, drinking coffee, sitting at my kitchen table, in those low, intense voices we used for such arguments when we were in our early twenties; a carry-over from college.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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