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The act of transporting or bearing the weight of.

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Usage examples (36)
  • And then there were margin interest expense fees, which we call carrying costs, also in revenue and the expense line.
  • But if we move past the earth's sustainable limit - what we call the carrying capacity - I'm not certain they're all that good.
  • "Silly" is a term carrying with it a certain promptness and decision; above all, it was a very remarkable word for Lucy to use.
  • Cubans wander in carrying little booklets called libretas.
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