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What does carry over mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word carry over? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning. To transport over by carrying.
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To transfer (something) to a later point in time.
  3. (transitive, arithmetic) To carry; to transfer an excess quantity to the next column of digits.
  4. (figuratively) To transfer.
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These ideas were largely a carry over from Edward Forbes in the late 1800's, who proposed the azoic hypothesis for the deep sea.
If your margin interest exceeds your investment income, you can carry over the excess until next year, she adds.
Some aspects of one sound may be anticipated in a preceding sound and may carry over to the articulation of the following sound.
This medium bodied wine's mouth is filled with a carry over of the nose's raspberries and strawberries.
You can mix socializers with competitors and hard-chargers with lollygaggers, but it'll be about as much fun as a long carry over quicksand.
Yet, business people who try to carry over what they have learnt in commerce to running an economy will often get it wrong.

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