spin-off

Meaning

1. An offshoot.
2. An incidental benefit or unexpected pay-off.
3. A by-product.
4. A fictional work where the protagonist was introduced in a preceding work or at least shares the same setting, often in a different aspect.
5. The formation of a subsidiary company that continues the operations of part of the parent company; the company so formed.

Synonyms

byproduct

by-product

spin-off company

spinoff

spin-out

fringe benefits

spinout

Translations

essaimage

opération de recentrage

version dérivée

dérivé

beneficios derivados

Nebenprodukt

retombée

فائدة عرضية؛ أثر عرضي؛ رشاش؛ نثارة

Ableger

retombées

spin-off

beneficios secundarios, consecuencias indirectas

dégyrer

avantage

Ausläufer

Etymology

Deverbal from spin off.