hive off
Britishverb
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to transfer or be transferred from a larger group or unit
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(usually tr) to transfer (profitable activities of a nationalized industry) back to private ownership
Example Sentences
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Meanwhile, Cadiz is taking steps to hive off the infrastructure it has planned to use for its water project, mostly two unused pipelines, into a special purpose subsidiary.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2026
The Fed also regulates the financial system, and Congress could hive off that job from monetary policy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
The move would leave an outdoor products business and hive off the firearms business into a separate publicly traded company.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 14, 2019
I bought the hive off them right there on the set.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2016
The universal bond is so weak, or the individual bond is so strong, that one married pair is deemed a sufficient swarm of human bees to hive off and form a new colony.
From History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey
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