What does carry-over mean?

Definitions for carry-over
car·ry-over

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. transfer, transfer of training, carry-overnoun

    application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation

  2. carry-over, carry-forwardverb

    the accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reserves

  3. carry oververb

    transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another

  4. carry oververb

    transport from one place or state to another

    "Adam would have been carried over into the life eternal"

  5. carry over, hold oververb

    hold over goods to be sold for the next season

  6. carry over, carry forwardverb

    transfer from one time period to the next

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  1. carry-over

    Carry-over generally refers to a process, concept, or item that continues from one situation, period of time, or location to another. It can be used in various contexts, such as finance, project management, operations, or everyday language. In each case, the basic idea is that something is left over, transferred, or extended beyond its original scope.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of carry-over in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of carry-over in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of carry-over in a Sentence

  1. Mark Luschini:

    There will be some carry-over from the positive jobs report but not at the same magnitude.

  2. Chris Shisanya:

    This is a carry-over of what we had last year.

  3. Mike Gibbs:

    The carry-over effect from China, taken with the fact that the U.S. is pretty healthy, and you have a market with a bias to trend higher.

  4. Christopher Dearborn:

    They will continue to downplay his role and play up the role of his older brother, trying to create the impression that his older brother was the puppeteer and he was the puppet, i don't think they have any hope of prevailing in the guilt phase, but their strategy will continue to be to gain some credibility with the jury by conceding what they had to concede and hoping to try to humanize the kid a little bit so that will carry over into the second phase of the trial.

  5. Arizona Diamondbacks:

    You take these early games kind of seriously. It’s an early look at who you’re going to be playing 19 times throughout the season. It’s the start of the season. The trash talk starts now, although the numbers and stats don’t carry over, you try to have a good spring. You try to win games. At the end of the day, you’re trying to get ready for a season and trying to put together the best team that can go out and win a World Series.

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