"adopt" and "carry"

[rbk]

"Adopt" and "carry" can sometimes be used interchangeably, e.g., "the motion (or question) was adopted" or "the motion (or question) was carried."

1. Is it bad form to use both words in meeting minutes or should you pick one and use it consistently throughout?

2. Could you choose (or is it bad form) to consistently say "the motion was adopted" and "the question was carried" throughout meeting minutes?

3. Are budgets adopted or are they carried, or is either term correct? It seems like "carrying a budget" could be confused with the physical act of transporting a budget.

[Atul Kapur]

RONR (12th ed.) 4:49 prefers adopted, with agreed to or carried as alternatives.

There is nothing wrong with using consistent language throughout the minutes. The goal is clarity.