- spin off
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verb
Date: 1950
transitive verb
to establish or produce as a spin-off <the company spun off its computer division> <spin off a new TV series> intransitive verb to establish or become a spin-off
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
spin off
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Spin-Off — (en français pousse, jet, rejet) est un terme anglais désignant dans l univers économique, une société commerciale née de la scission d une société plus grande. Dans le domaine artistique, il désigne une œuvre dérivée d une autre, mais qui n est… … Wikipédia en Français
Spin off — (en français pousse, jet, rejet) est un terme anglais désignant dans l univers économique, une société commerciale née de la scission d une société plus grande. Dans le domaine artistique, il désigne une œuvre dérivée d une autre, mais qui n est… … Wikipédia en Français
spin-off — USA A mechanism for separating out a division or line of business from its parent company. Spin offs are typically used to increase stockholder value by increasing the value of the business being spun off or removing a business that no longer… … Law dictionary
Spin off — puede referirse a: En terminología empresarial, un derivaje (escisión) (o spin off en inglés) es una nueva organización o entidad derivada de la escisión de una mayor. En televisión, el spin off es la iniciación de una nueva serie de ficción cuyo … Wikipedia Español
spin-off — /spin awf , of /, n. 1. Com. 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… … Universalium
spin–off — / spin ˌȯf, ˌäf/ n: a transfer of corporate assets to a subsidiary in return for a distribution to the shareholders of the corporation of all of the stock or controlling stock of the subsidiary without surrender of any stock by the shareholders… … Law dictionary
spin-off — s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} TS telev. serie televisiva che sviluppa le vicende di personaggi già comparsi in una precedente serie come personaggi secondari {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: 1993. ETIMO: ingl. spin off propr. l allargare il campo di… … Dizionario italiano
spin-off — spin|off [ˈspınɔf US o:f] n 1.) a television programme involving characters that were previously in another programme or film 2.) a separate and partly independent company that is formed from parts of an existing company, or the action of forming … Dictionary of contemporary English
spin-off — spin offs 1) N COUNT: usu with supp, oft N from/of n A spin off is an unexpected but useful or valuable result of an activity that was designed to achieve something else. The company put out a report on commercial spin offs from its research. 2)… … English dictionary
Spin-off — [sp...] das od. der; [s], s <aus engl. spin off »[zufälliges] Nebenprodukt, nicht geplantes Resultat«>: 1. Übernahme von bestimmten technisch innovativen Verfahren od. Produkten (z. B. aus der Raumfahrt) in andere Technikbereiche. 2.… … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
spin-off — spin′ off or spin′off n. 1) bus a by product of something preexisting, as a program of research or technological development 2) bus a media product, as a television series, based on an idea or character in a preexisting product 3) bus the… … From formal English to slang
