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carveout

noun

Etymology

Deverbal from carve out.

Definitions

  1. The selling of a minority stake in a subsidiary by a parent company

    The selling of a minority stake in a subsidiary by a parent company; a partial spinoff.

  2. An exception to a legal provision.

    • 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA