split-off
分割,分拆,分离,拆分
Definitions
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- : the act of separating or splitting away from something else.
- : something that has split or has been split from something else.
- : 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 in exchange for part of the stock of the latter.Compare spin-off, split-up.
Examples
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.
The conspirators were split into two teams, “Alpha” and “Bravo.”
If you look at the history, you can really understand why the parties are so divided and why the public is so split.
The NOPD fired Knight in 1973 for stealing lumber from a construction site as an off-duty cop.
Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.
The cantonment was split into two sections by an irregular ravine, or nullah, running east and west.
A far-off volley rumbled over the plain, and a few birds stirred uneasily among the trees.
The atmosphere seemed drawn taut before him as though it must any instant split open upon a sound of crying.
The Griffin carried off one sheep a day from a German village, till a man came with a "falchion" and split the Griffin open.