Meaning

2 senses
  1. The selling of a minority stake in a subsidiary by a parent company; a partial spinoff.

  2. An exception to a legal provision.

Origin

Deverbal from carve out.

Deverbal from carve out.

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Forms

plural: carveouts

Word family

1 related words
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See also

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