carried forward

Brought to next

Carried forward describes something transferred from one period, page, or context to the next.

In accounting, a balance carried forward moves from one column or ledger to the next: The total was carried forward to the new fiscal year.

Tax losses can be carried forward to offset future gains.

More broadly, anything that persists into a subsequent phase is carried forward: traditions carried forward from earlier generations.

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rollover · legacy · passed down · retained earnings · persistence · accounting · accrual · tax loss · tradition · postponed · deferred · balance · running total · precedent · translate · echoes · picked up · ledger

Opposites
accounting treatment

carried forwardwritten off

Regarded as worthless

expensed · written down · zeroed out · depreciated · amortized

temporal direction

carried forwardbrought back

Carried to origin again

continuity vs. termination

carried forwardsettled

No longer in question

closed out · discharged · extinguished · resolved · paid off

Family

carried, forward, carry, carries, carrying, carrier, carriers, carriage, carriages

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