Meanings
plural carryovers
- 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 - 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
Origin
Deverbal from carry over.
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