spin sth off
— phrasal verb with spin uk/spɪn/us/spɪn/verb present participle spinning, past tense spun, past participle UK also span
(PRODUCT)
to produce a useful and unexpected result in addition to the intended result:
The American space program has spun off new commercial technologies.
Every new job that is created spins off three or four more in related fields.
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Creating and producing
- bear fruit idiom
- bring
- bring sth out
- churn sth out
- cobble
- craft
- mass-produce
- on the go idiom
- overproduce
- patch
- patch sth together
- phase
- pump
- raise
- rush
- turn sth out
- uncreative
- unleash
- unproductive
- wrought
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(COMPANY)
mainly US to form a separate company from part of an existing company:
The company is trying to spin off part of its business.
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Mergers & acquisitions
- absorb
- acquisitive
- amalgamation
- buy into sth
- buy sb out
- buyout
- hive
- hive sth off
- leverage
- merger
- monopolize
- monopoly
- oligopoly
- spin
- subsidiary
- suitor
- syndicate
- take (sth) over
- takeover
- white knight
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