spin-off (redirected from Spin offs)

spin·off or spin-off  (spnôf, -f)

n.

1.

a. A divestiture by a corporation of a division or subsidiary by issuing to stockholders shares in a new company set up to continue the operations of the division or subsidiary.

b. The new company formed by such a divestiture.

2. Something, such as a product, that is derived from something larger and more or less unrelated; a byproduct.

3. Something derived from an earlier work, such as a television show starring a character who had a popular minor role in another show.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

spin-off - a product made during the manufacture of something else by-product, byproduct product, production - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production"

Translations

spin-off [ˈspɪnɒf] N (Comm) (= product) → derivado m, producto m secundario; (= secondary effect) → consecuencia f indirecta; (= incidental benefit) → beneficio m incidental, beneficio m indirecto

spin-off

n (= side-product) → Nebenprodukt nt; spin-off effect → Folgewirkung f

spin-off [ˈspɪnˌɒf] n (Tech, Industry) → applicazione f secondaria; (product) → prodotto secondario
this TV series is a spin-off from the famous film → questa serie televisiva è ispirata al famoso film