spinoff

spinoff
noun
A byproduct of something else.

The television soap opera "Knot's Landing" was considered a spinoff of "Dallas," with many of the same characters featured in both.


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  • spinoff — [spin′ôf΄] n. 1. a) 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 b) the divestiture of a subsidiary …   Universalium

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  • spinoff — (n.) also spin off, 1951 of corporate entities; by 1967 of television shows, from SPIN (Cf. spin) + OFF (Cf. off). As a verbal phrase, by 1957. As an adj., from 1966 …   Etymology dictionary

  • spinoff — [spin′ôf΄] n. 1. a) 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 b) the divestiture of a subsidiary …   English World dictionary

  • spinoff — {n.} A byproduct of something else. * /The television soap opera Knot s Landing was considered a spinoff of Dallas, with many of the same characters featured in both./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • spinoff — {n.} A byproduct of something else. * /The television soap opera Knot s Landing was considered a spinoff of Dallas, with many of the same characters featured in both./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • Spinoff — The creation of an independent company through the sale or distribution of new shares of an existing business/division of a parent company. A spinoff is a type of divestiture. Businesses wishing to streamline their operations often sell less… …   Investment dictionary

  • spinoff — spin|off sb. (itk.), s (afledt produkt, biprodukt), i sms. spinoff , fx spinoffprodukt …   Dansk ordbog

  • Spinoff — Ableger steht für: ein neues Bienenvolk, das aus einem größeren abgezweigt wurde, siehe Imker ein Pflanzenteil, aus dem eine eigenständige Pflanze entsteht, siehe Ableger (Pflanzenzucht) Ableger, gleichbedeutend Spin off (aus dem Englischen),… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Spinoff — Spin off 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… …   Wikipédia en Français

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