carryover

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

carryover carryovers

Etymology

Deverbal from carry over.

Derived words

hearing carryover
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