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spinoff definition

spin·off (spinôf′)

noun

    1. the divestiture by a corporation of some of its assets or operations, accomplished by distributing to its stockholders shares of a new company formed to assume control over the divested parts
    2. the divestiture of a subsidiary by distributing its shares in this way
    3. the new company or subsidiary so divested
  1. a secondary benefit, product, development, etc., as a television series built around a character, situation, etc. in another series

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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