ROLLOVER


Meaning of ROLLOVER in English

roll ‧ ov ‧ er /ˈrəʊləʊvə $ ˈroʊloʊvər/ BrE AmE noun

1 .

a) [countable] when money is moved from one bank account or ↑ investment to another without any tax or other ↑ fee s having to be paid:

Many CD rollovers happen in October.

b) [uncountable and countable] the action of making a bank account, ↑ investment etc do this

rollover of

The law allows a rollover of retirement money from a company pension to an IRA.

2 . [countable] British English if there is a rollover in a competition or ↑ lottery , nobody wins the biggest prize that week, and the money is added to the prize that can be won the following week

3 . [countable] an accident in which a car turns over onto its roof

4 . [uncountable] technical a way of making the images change whenever someone using a ↑ mouse moves it over a particular word or picture on a computer screen

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.