carry
verb
[ ˈkari ]
• support and move (someone or something) from one place to another.
• "medics were carrying a wounded man on a stretcher"
Similar:
convey,
transfer,
move,
take,
bring,
bear,
shift,
switch,
fetch,
transport,
cart,
lug,
hump,
schlep,
tote,
• support the weight of.
• "the bridge is capable of carrying even the heaviest loads"
• (of a sound, ball, missile, etc.) reach a specified point.
• "his voice carried clearly across the room"
• assume or accept (responsibility or blame).
• "they must carry management responsibility for the mess they have got the company into"
Similar:
undertake,
accept,
assume,
bear,
shoulder,
support,
sustain,
take on,
take up,
take on oneself,
manage,
handle,
deal with,
get to grips with,
turn one's hand to,
• have as a feature or consequence.
• "being a combat sport, karate carries with it the risk of injury"
• approve (a proposed measure) by a majority of votes.
• "the resolution was carried by a two-to-one majority"
Similar:
approve,
vote for,
accept,
endorse,
ratify,
authorize,
mandate,
support,
back,
uphold,
agree to,
consent to,
assent to,
acquiesce in,
concur in,
accede to,
give one's blessing to,
bless,
rubber-stamp,
say yes to,
give the go-ahead to,
give the green light to,
give the OK to,
OK,
give the thumbs up to,
give the nod to,
buy,
• transfer (a figure) to an adjacent column during an arithmetical operation (e.g. when a column of digit adds up to more than ten).
carry
noun
• an act of carrying something from one place to another.
• "we did a carry of equipment from the camp"
• the range of a gun or similar weapon.
• 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’.
