From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcarry something ↔ forward phrasal verb1 AVAILABLEto succeed in making progress with something The new team have to carry the work forward.2 COUNT/CALCULATEto include an amount of money in a later set of figures or calculations → carry→ See Verb table
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carry forward• Good quality, well integrated staff will carry the company forward.• The rhythm of the whole sentence carries the meaning forward.• At least I don't have to keep carrying it forward any more. 11.40: Continue typing letter.• At each stage, chil-dren learn basic abilities that carry them forward developmentally into the next stage.• A great-great - grandson of brewer Henry Weinhard carries the legacy forward into the fifth generation.• One should not get carried away with forward movement.• Financial advisers are urging people to take advantage of the carry - forward rules ahead of their abolition.• These plans are immune from the changes and will continue to benefit from carry - forward rules.From Longman Business Dictionarycarry something → forward phrasal verb [transitive]1ACCOUNTING to take an amount forward to the next account or to a later page in the account bookThe average assets carried forward from season to season varied from minus $630,000 to plus $770,000.2ACCOUNTINGTAX if you carry forward a loss or other amount not used in a particular accounting period, you use it in the next accounting period in order to reduce the amount of tax you have to payTaxpayers were allowed to deduct losses carried forward from previous years from their net income. → carry→ See Verb table 