carries

Carries is the form of the verb carry used in third person singular (he carries) and, in specialized jargon, a noun referring to a defined quantity or operation. The term appears in several domains with distinct meanings.

In American football, a carry is a rushing attempt by a ball carrier. The statistic carries tracks how often a team or player runs with the ball and is used alongside yards, receptions, and touchdowns to gauge workload, durability, and the running-game role of a player or team.

In arithmetic and computer science, a carry occurs when the sum of digits in a given position equals or exceeds the base, requiring a value to be carried to the next higher position. This concept underpins digit-by-digit addition and is central to the design of adders, such as ripple-carry and carry-lookahead architectures, which affect the performance of processors and calculators.

In finance, carry (or the cost of carry) describes the net expense of holding a position over time, including financing costs, storage, and insurance. The carry concept helps explain futures pricing and the carry trade, a strategy that tries to profit from financing or yield differences between markets.

Beyond these, carries can appear in general usage as the ordinary conjugation of carry in sentences (for example, "the ship carries cargo"), or in logistics contexts where related terms like carrier refer to transportation providers. The precise meaning of carries thus depends on the domain and context in which it is used.