spin-off

or spin·off

[ spin-awf, -of ]

/ ˈspɪnˌɔf, -ˌɒf /

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noun

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 without an exchange of any part of the stock of the latter.Compare carveout (def. 1), split-off (def. 3), split-up (def. 3).

any product that is an adaption, outgrowth, or development of another similar product: The paperback is a spin-off from the large hardcover encyclopedia.

a secondary or incidental product or effect derived from technological development in a somewhat unrelated area.

OTHER WORDS FOR spin-off

2, 3 by-product, issue, offshoot.

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Origin of spin-off

First recorded in 1945–50; noun use of verb phrase spin off

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How to use spin-off in a sentence

A Different World [a Cosby Show spinoff] was principally about that college.
A Full-Length Bill Cosby Portrait: From Track Star to Ugly Sweaters|Scott Porch|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He returned to TV in Chicago Hope, before landing NCIS, a spinoff from JAG in 2003, playing Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
NCIS’s Mark Harmon Is the World’s Biggest TV Star|Jason Lynch|September 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Addiction specialist Dr. Drew Pinsky laid bare the worst of addiction on his shows Celebrity Rehab and its spinoff, Sober House.
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Remember when people worried about the first Bachelorette spinoff?
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Yes, Wicked endures, but that is 11 years old and basically a spinoff of The Wizard of Oz.
Is Broadway Being Destroyed by Hollywood?|Michele Willens|March 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for spin-off

spin off

verb

(tr, preposition) to turn (a part of a business enterprise) into a separate company

noun spin-off

any product or development derived incidentally from the application of existing knowledge or enterprise

a book, film, or television series derived from a similar successful book, film, or television series

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