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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And once the Arco Petroleum split-off becomes more of “an arm’s-length transaction,” Arco Petroleum’s stock “can easily go from $20 to $30,” Gabelli said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
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
Liberty Interactive was itself split-off from Liberty Media in 2013.
From Reuters ● Apr. 4, 2017
In those places the broken stones were now lying in the fairway, as you knew by the suffering when you came in contact with them; some of the split-off edges were as sharp as glass.
From Jimgrim and Allah's Peace by Talbot Mundy
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