carryover

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noun

Something whose duration has been extended or that has been transferred to another time.

Less commonScrabble 17

Meanings

nouncarryover (countable and uncountable, plural carryovers)

plural carryovers

  1. countableuncountableSomething whose duration has been extended or that has been transferred to another time.

    The “Black Shoe” title is a carryover from the days of coal-burning ships […]

    1992, Vic Campbell, Junction: Mild Adventure for the Armchair Ruralists
  2. countableuncountableAn amount, especially a sum of money, transferred to a new column in a ledger, or applied to a later time.

    First, as a general rule, carryover stocks are, held in countries that have lower carrying costs, which are probably exporting countries because they enjoy lower prices.

    1980, Daniel T. Morrow, The Economics of the International Stockholding of Wheat
  3. countableuncountableThe damaging condition where water droplets are carried out of a steam boiler along with the dry steam.

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APA

carryover. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carryover

MLA

“carryover.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carryover. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carryover,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carryover.

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