Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A divestiture by a corporation of a division or subsidiary by issuing to stockholders shares in a new company set up to continue the operations of the division or subsidiary.
- n. The new company formed by such a divestiture.
- n. Something, such as a product, that is derived from something larger and more or less unrelated; a byproduct.
- n. Something derived from an earlier work, such as a television show starring a character who had a popular minor role in another show.
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- n. Alternative spelling of spin-off.
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Examples
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If Pardes is a DDLJ spinoff then I think you need to re-examine the term spinoff!
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One of the problems with Hank, aside from the impression it gives that it's a long-lost Petticoat Junction spinoff, is that the characters seem to adopt whatever trait the writers find most convenient at the moment.
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The Altria Group Inc. spinoff is evaluating those conditions, and Philip Morris said Wednesday it expects to decide whether it will proceed with the deal within the next three months.
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My dabbling in spinoff Who fiction has brought me to two other encounters between the Doctor and Lincoln, and I don't know of any others (though am ready to be enlightened).
February Books 10) Measure for Measure, by William Shakespeare
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A ponderous misstep by the folks behind Family Guy, this unlikely spinoff is built around chubby, cheerful Cleveland Brown, who takes his son and moves back to his Virginia hometown.
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The brand's biggest spinoff is the ACL music festival, which launched in 2002 and, like the series, ranges widely from its Americana roots.
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The Shin Koihime † Musō game is itself a spinoff from the original Koihime † Musō adult adventure game.
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The game is spinoff from the Koihime † Musō: Doki — Otome Darake no Sangokushi Engi game, which has already been adapted into a television anime series (Koihime Muso) and a video anime.
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There are one or two medical devices in actual use in which a NASA SBIR grant was awarded during development, but so far as I know they were never used or needed in space, so in those cases the claim that it s spinoff is also an exaggeration.
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You know the tentacle pron spinoff is gonna be called Scrotum.
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