carrying >> /ˈkari/
Definition: [verb] Support and move (someone or something) from one place to another.
Example: medics were carrying a wounded man on a stretcher
Definition: [verb] Support the weight of.
Example: the bridge is capable of carrying even the heaviest loads
Definition: [verb] (of a sound, ball, missile, etc.) reach a specified point.
Example: his voice carried clearly across the room
Definition: [verb] Assume or accept (responsibility or blame)
Example: they must carry management responsibility for the mess they have got the company into
Definition: [verb] Have as a feature or consequence.
Example: being a combat sport, karate carries with it the risk of injury
Definition: [verb] Approve (a proposed measure) by a majority of votes.
Example: the resolution was carried by a two-to-one majority
Definition: [verb] Transfer (a figure) to an adjacent column during an arithmetical operation (e.g. when a column of digit adds up to more than ten).
Example: If ever you get a sum bigger than 10, then write down the units digit of the sum and remember to carry anything over into your next pair to add.
Definition: [noun] An act of carrying something from one place to another.
Example: we did a carry of equipment from the camp
Definition: [noun] The range of a gun or similar weapon.
Definition: [noun] The maintenance of an investment position in a securities market, especially with regard to the costs or profits accruing.
Example: if other short-term interest rates are higher than the current yield, the bond is said to involve a negative carry