Recurring means occurring repeatedly and can refer to several different things:
Mathematics and finance
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Recurring expense
An expense is an item requiring an outflow of money, or any form of fortune in general, to another person or group as payment for an item, service, or other category of costs. For a tenant, rent is an expense. For students or parents, tuition ...
, an ongoing (continual) expenditure
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Repeating decimal
A repeating decimal or recurring decimal is decimal representation of a number whose digits are periodic (repeating its values at regular intervals) and the infinitely repeated portion is not zero. It can be shown that a number is rational if a ...
, or recurring decimal, a real number in the decimal numeral system in which a sequence of digits repeats infinitely
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Curiously recurring template pattern
The curiously recurring template pattern (CRTP) is an idiom, originally in C++, in which a class X derives from a class template instantiation using X itself as a template argument. More generally it is known as F-bound polymorphism, and it is a ...
(CRTP), a software design pattern
Processes
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Recursion
Recursion (adjective: ''recursive'') occurs when a thing is defined in terms of itself or of its type. Recursion is used in a variety of disciplines ranging from linguistics to logic. The most common application of recursion is in mathemati ...
, the process of repeating items in a self-similar way
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Recurring dream
A recurring dream is a dream which is experienced repeatedly over a long period. They can be pleasant or nightmarish and unique to the person and their experiences.
Common themes in recurring dreams
Through psychological analyses and studies, s ...
, a dream that someone repeatedly experiences over an extended period
Television
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Recurring character
A recurring character is a fictional character, usually in a prime time TV series, who frequently appears from time to time during the series' run. Recurring characters often play major roles in more than one episode, sometimes being the main f ...
, a character, usually on a television series, that appears from time to time and may grow into a larger role
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Recurring status
Recurring status is a class of actors that perform on U.S. soap operas. Recurring status performers consistently act in less than three episodes out of a five-day work week, and receive a certain sum for each episode in which they appear. This is ...
, condition whereby a soap opera actor may be used for extended period without being under contract
Other uses
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''Recurring'' (album), a 1991 album by the British psychedelic-rock group, Spacemen 3
See also
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