carveout
[ kahrv-out ]
noun
a process of reorganizing a corporation by creating a subsidiary and offering the public a minority of its stock, while the parent company remains in charge of the company; a partial spin-off. : Compare spin-off (def. 1), split-off (def. 3), split-up (def. 3).
exemption from a provision of the law.
Origin of carveout
1First recorded in 1965–70; noun use of verb phrase carve out
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British Dictionary definitions for carve out
carve out
verb
(tr, adverb) to make or create (a career): he carved out his own future
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