Meaning & use
carry-over
Something, such as an amount, habit, or effect, that continues or is transferred from one period to the next.
See it in a sentence
The unused vacation days count as a carry-over into next year's allowance.
Her fear of public speaking was a carry-over from an embarrassing moment in school.
A note on using this word
Carry-over is often hyphenated as a noun, while the verb form is written as two words: carry over.
Words with a similar meaning
holdoverresidue
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