carve-out

A form of carveout — The selling of a minority stake in a subsidiary by a parent company; a partial spinoff.

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Meanings

nouncarve-out (plural carve-outs)

plural carve-outs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of carveout.

    Likewise, rather than just disobeying the temporary restraining order that bothered Musk so greatly concerning access to Treasury systems, the Justice Department requested and received a limited carve-out from the court.

    2025 February 13, Quinta Jurecic, “What Will Happen If the Trump Administration Defies a Court Order?”, in The Atlantic
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APA

carve-out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carve-out

MLA

“carve-out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carve-out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “carve-out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/carve-out.

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