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Carryover vs Residue - What's the difference?

carryover | residue |

As nouns the difference between carryover and residue

is that carryover is something whose duration has been extended or that has been transferred to another time while residue is whatever remains after something else has been removed.

carryover

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Something whose duration has been extended or that has been transferred to another time
  • An amount, especially a sum of money, transferred to a new column in a ledger, or applied to a later time
  • Quotations

    * 1980 Daniel T. Morrow - The Economics of the International Stockholding of Wheat *: First, as a general rule, carryover stocks are, held in countries that have lower carrying costs, which are probably exporting countries because they enjoy lower prices. * 1992 Vic Campbell - Junction: Mild Adventure for the Armchair Ruralists *: The “Black Shoe” title is a carryover from the days of coal-burning ships . . .

    residue

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Whatever remains after something else has been removed.
  • (chemistry) The substance that remains after evaporation, distillation, filtration or any similar process.
  • (legal) Whatever property or effects are left in an estate after payment of all debts, other charges and deduction of what is specifically bequeathed by the testator.
  • (mathematics) A form of complex number, proportional to the contour integral of a meromorphic function along a path enclosing one of its singularities.
  • Derived terms

    * nonresidue * quadratic residue * residual * residuary

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