"carveout" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: carveouts [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from carve out. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|carve out}} Deverbal from carve out Head templates: {{en-noun}} carveout (plural carveouts)
  1. The selling of a minority stake in a subsidiary by a parent company; a partial spinoff.
    Sense id: en-carveout-en-noun-eQ1fLdT9 Categories (other): English deverbals Disambiguation of English deverbals: 68 32
  2. (law) An exception to a legal provision. Categories (topical): Law, Finance
    Sense id: en-carveout-en-noun-7NfhWItL Disambiguation of Finance: 17 83 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: carve-out

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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