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rollover

[ rohl-oh-ver ]

noun

  1. an accident involving an overturned vehicle:

    The icy conditions resulted in several rollovers causing the westbound lanes of the highway to be closed for the morning commute.

  2. Business. a reinvestment of funds, especially a tax-free transfer of assets from one retirement plan to another:

    My financial advisor suggested an IRA rollover for my old 401(k).

  3. Digital Technology. a website feature that changes the appearance of a web page or creates the illusion of a pop-up when the specified target area on the page is clicked on or passed over by a mouse and pointer:

    Additional content is found in the rollovers, giving the page a crisp and clutter-free design.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of rollover1

First recorded in 1815–20; noun use of verb phrase roll over
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The rollover crash occurred when a car heading west on Cesar Chavez collided with a vehicle traveling north on Broadway, according to Los Angeles Police Department Officer Kevin Terzes.

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Mr. Perez, the BaronHR founder, described “the vast majority” of its workers as “rollover” employees who had been hired by another agency or already worked for the partner company.

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An Orange County firefighter who suffered spinal cord injuries in a September freeway rollover was released from a Colorado rehabilitation facility Friday.

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If your wife wanted to delay her RMD, she would have to take both withdrawals before she could rollover to the new plan.

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One person is dead and three more seriously injured after a single-vehicle rollover crash on a major interchange in Griffith Park early Sunday.

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