carrying over

Moving to next

Carrying over is transferring something from one place, period, or context to another.

In accounting, you carry over a balance to the next column or fiscal year.

Skills or habits carry over from one job to the next: Her management experience carried over nicely to the new role.

In arithmetic, carrying over moves excess value to the next column when adding.

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adaptation · extrapolation · remainder · rollover · deferral · translation · reinterpretation · inheritance · follow-through · generalization · accrual · application · migration · surplus · perpetuation · extension · repurposing · relocation

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Opposites
transfer and continuation

carrying overleaving behind

Departing without something

abandoning · dropping · discarding · discontinuing · letting go

temporal persistence

carrying overexpiring

Ceasing to be valid

ending · terminating · lapsing · concluding · discontinuing

accounting and balance treatment

carrying overforfeiting

Losing as penalty

writing off · zeroing out · losing · surrendering · voiding

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G