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Carry over   /kˈæri ˈoʊvər/   Listen
Carry over

verb
1.
Transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another.
2.
Transport from one place or state to another.
3.
Hold over goods to be sold for the next season.  Synonym: hold over.
4.
Transfer from one time period to the next.  Synonym: carry forward.





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"Carry over" Quotes from Famous Books



... Duke of York, then made Admiral, appointed ships to carry over the company and servants of the King, who were very great. His Highness appointed for my husband and his family a third-rate frigate, called the Speedwell; but his Majesty commanded my husband to wait on him in his own ship. We had by the States' ...
— Memoirs of Lady Fanshawe • Lady Fanshawe
... advice out of friendship, Colonel, and there are men with dollars to spare who would value a hint from me," he said. "Still, as it doesn't seem to strike you the right way, I've no use for arguing. Keep your wheat—and pay bank interest if you want any help to carry over." ...
— Winston of the Prairie • Harold Bindloss
... There are three types in use—the heavy commercial cars, the middleweight lorries, which carry over a couple of tons, and the lightweights, taking about one and a half tons. These lorries form an army service. Each army park has a group of lorries for each army corps forming part of the army, and each group has two sections for each division. The motor cars of the commanders ...
— The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 8) • Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds, Allen L. (Allen Leon)
... and sold largely. The shares fell, but only fractionally, and I waited. Then, unfortunately, they began to go up. Adverse forces were at work and rumours were put about. I could not stand the settlement, and in order to carry over an account I was literally compelled to deal temporarily with some securities that were not technically my ...
— Four Max Carrados Detective Stories • Ernest Bramah
... said he. 'I go over without one selfish hope. If the lady recover her health, and her brother can be amended in his, by the assistance I shall carry over with me, I shall have joy inexpressible. To Providence I leave the rest. The result cannot ...
— The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) • Samuel Richardson


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