split-off

UK: /ˈsplɪtɒf/ US: (split′ôf′, -of′)

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split-off  (split′ôf′, -of′), n. 

1. the act of separating or splitting away from something else.
2. something that has split or has been split from something else.
3. Business [Com.] 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. Cf. spin-off (def. 1), split-up (def. 3).

• noun, nominal use of verb, verbal phrase split off 1855–60