carve out

carve out definition - finance
To separate part of a companyÂ’s business, such as a product or division, from the company and turn it into a totally independent firm by selling shares in the new firm.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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