Meaning

5 senses
  1. An offshoot.

  2. An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off.

    Space research often provides a spin-off for everyday technology.

  3. A by-product.

    a product made during the manufacture of something else

  4. A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.

    "Frasier" was a spin-off from the sitcom "Cheers".

    Ableger

    спин-о́ффspin-óff

  5. The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.

    Ableger, Spin-off

Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
fictional work:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
fictional work:
formation of a subsidiary, the company so formed:

Origin

Deverbal from spin off.

Deverbal from spin off.

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Forms

plural: spin-offs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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