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    carry
    [ˈkari]
    verb
    carry (verb) · carries (third person present) · carried (past tense) · carried (past participle) · carrying (present participle)
    1. support and move (someone or something) from one place to another:
      "medics were carrying a wounded man on a stretcher"
    2. support the weight of:
      "the bridge is capable of carrying even the heaviest loads"
    3. (of a sound, ball, missile, etc.) reach a specified point:
      "his voice carried clearly across the room" · "the ball carried to second slip"
      Similar:
      be audible
      be transmitted
      • (of a gun or similar weapon) propel (a missile) to a specified distance.
      • take or develop (an idea or activity) to a specified point:
        "he carried the criticism much further"
    4. assume or accept (responsibility or blame):
      "they must carry management responsibility for the mess they have got the company into"
      • be responsible for the effectiveness of:
        "they relied on dialogue to carry the plot"
    5. have as a feature or consequence:
      "being a combat sport, karate carries with it the risk of injury" · "each bike carries a ten-year guarantee"
    6. approve (a proposed measure) by a majority of votes:
      "the resolution was carried by a two-to-one majority"
      Similar:
      vote for
      agree to
      consent to
      assent to
      acquiesce in
      concur in
      accede to
      give one's blessing to
      give one's seal/stamp of approval to
      say yes to
      Opposite:
    7. transfer (a figure) to an adjacent column during an arithmetical operation (e.g. when a column of digit adds up to more than ten).
    noun
    carry (noun) · carries (plural noun)
    1. an act of carrying something from one place to another:
      "we did a carry of equipment from the camp"
      • american football
        an act of running or rushing with the ball.
      • NORTH AMERICAN
        the practice of keeping a gun on one's person:
        "this pistol is the right choice for on-duty or off-duty carry"
      • NORTH AMERICAN
        historical
        a place between navigable waters over which boats or supplies had to be carried.
      • the transfer of a figure into an adjacent column (or the equivalent part of a computer memory) during an arithmetical operation.
    2. the range of a gun or similar weapon.
      • golf
        the distance a ball travels before reaching the ground.
    3. finance
      the maintenance of an investment position in a securities market, especially with regard to the costs or profits accruing:
      "if other short-term interest rates are higher than the current yield, the bond is said to involve a negative carry"
    Origin
    late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French carier, based on Latin carrus ‘wheeled vehicle’.
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