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Definition carry forward in American English

carry forward phrasal verb

[transitive] phrasal verb
1

to take the total of a column of numbers from the bottom of one page to the top of the next

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2

to take something such as money or vacation time that is available for you to use in one period of time into the next one

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Definition carry forward in American English