split-off
Americannoun
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the act of separating or splitting away from something else.
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something that has split or has been split from something else.
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Commerce. a process of reorganizing a corporate structure whereby the capital stock of a division or subsidiary of a corporation or of a newly affiliated company is transferred to the stockholders of the parent corporation in exchange for part of the stock of the latter.
Etymology
Origin of split-off
First recorded in 1855–60; noun use of verb phrase split off
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It plans to distribute all or part of its stake to Medtronic shareholders via either a spin-off or a split-off.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
Occidental wouldn’t have to pay taxes on the sale of the chemical business, which would be characterized as a split-off for tax purposes.
From Barron's • Oct. 1, 2025
D. S.A. started in 1982, a rare group in the faction-happy left-wing firmament created from a merger rather than a split-off.
From New York Times • Aug. 6, 2019
And, last but not least, we’ll probably see a new, permanently manned Russian Orbital Station by 2024—an independent split-off of the soon-to-be-retired ISS.
From Slate • Mar. 21, 2017
He had known her for so long that he regarded her almost as if she had been a split-off portion of Minetta herself, that happened to possess its own apparatus of speech and locomotion.
From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver
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