spin-off
分支,分支机构,分拆,附属公司
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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 without an exchange of any part of the stock of the latter.Compare split-off, split-up.
- : any product that is an adaption, outgrowth, or development of another similar product: The paperback is a spin-off from the large hardcover encyclopedia.
- : a secondary or incidental product or effect derived from technological development in a somewhat unrelated area.
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The effort to sterilize his image first began when Epstein hired Los Angeles-based spin doctors Sitrick Co.
Although the blood-spattered offices will be off-limits, staff have vowed to continue producing the magazine.
A passing off-duty school safety officer named Fred Lucas said that he had been told the man was a drug dealer.
Although he brings a Western spin to things, he seems equally inspired by the local sense of style.
Spin control began, Florida-style: the opinion only covers some counties, some people, some times.
A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
You can probably realize just how headquarters would take the sort of yarn we'd spin if we dashed in and told them the truth.
Jean was to be an architect—God knows why—but Aristide settled it, definitely, off-hand.
"Let us go down the shore a bit," suggested Jack to Pepper and Andy, and the three joined hands for the spin.
In favorable parts of the trail he must do better than that, to off-set losses of time where the going was most difficult.