CARRYFORWARD
carryforward: translation
carryforward car‧ry‧for‧ward [ˈkæriˌfɔːwəd ǁ -ˌfɔːrwərd] noun [countable]
ACCOUNTING TAX an amount of money earned or spent in a particular year which is carried forward from one accounting period to a later period, usually in order to reduce the amount of tax you have to pay:
• The company's results include an extraordinary credit of $1 million, or 10 cents a share, because of a tax-loss carryforward.
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carryforward UK US (also carry-forward, carry forward) /ˌkæriˈfɔːwəd/ noun [U]
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Last year the company's tax rate was less, thanks to its use of a tax loss carry-forward.
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