carryover

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carryover

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Deverbal from carry over.

noun carryovers

countable, uncountable Something 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 […]
countable, uncountable An 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.
countable, uncountable The damaging condition where water droplets are carried out of a steam boiler along with the dry steam.

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@misc{carryover_2026,
  title = {carryover},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/carryover},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}