Carveout
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Carveout is a noun meaning (finance) The selling of a minority stake in a subsidiary by a parent company; a partial spinoff.
Meaning
(finance) The selling of a minority stake in a subsidiary by a parent company; a partial spinoff.
More Meanings
- (law) An exception to a legal provision.
Example Sentences
These laws create special exemptions for farms through statutory and regulatory carveouts.
Instead, G.O.P. lawmakers have sent carefully worded letters to agency heads and privately lobbied their personal connections within the White House to make piecemeal carveouts for their preferred projects and programs.
Word Forms
- carveouts
- carve-out
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include demerger, outbranch, subsale, freezeout, buy-out, subcontract.
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