LekhoriLekhoriUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carry, over.
We carried her over the bridge.
To transfer (something) to a later point in time.
The rent was carried over to December.
To carry; to transfer an excess quantity to the next column of digits.
Attested since the 17th century; listed for instance in Elisha Coles' 1676 dictionary as a translation of transfer, thereby possibly a calque of Latin transfero; compare Dutch overdragen, German übert...
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