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Meaning of carryover | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Something whose duration has been extended or that has been transferred to another time.
  2. An amount, especially a sum of money, transferred to a new column in a ledger, or applied to a later time.
  3. The damaging condition where water droplets are carried out of a steam boiler along with the dry steam.

Equivalents

Suomi siirtosumma

Examples

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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