CARRY

carry,vb.1. To sustain the weight or burden of; to hold or bear <more weight than a single person can carry>.2. To convey or transport <carrying the coal from one state to another>.3. To possess and convey (a firearm) in a vehicle, including the locked glove compartment or trunk of a car <he carried the guns in his trunk>. • The United States Supreme Court adopted this definition in interpreting the phrase carries a firearm as used in a statute imposing a mandatory prison term on a person who uses or carries a firearm while committing a drug-trafficking crime. Muscarello v. U.S., 524 U.S. 125, 118 S.Ct. 1911 (1998). [Cases: Weapons  10.] 4. In a figurative sense, to possess or hold (insurance, etc.) <the decedent did not carry life insurance>.5.Parliamentary law. To adopt. • In this sense, the verb may be either intransitive <the motion carries> or transitive (in a passive construction) <the motion is carried>. See ADOPTION(5).6. To provide funds or credit for the payment of (stock, etc.), often as an advance, for an agreed-on period <the investor carried the stock purchases for eight months>.7. To absorb the cost of holding or having, usu. temporarily <the business will carry the debt for another quarter>. [Blacks Law 8th]