hive off
verb
hived off; hiving off; hives off
chiefly British
: to break away from or as if from a group : become separate
chiefly British
: to make separate: such as
a
: to remove from a group
hive off the rookies for special training
b
: to assign (assets, responsibilities, etc.) to another
c
: spin off
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Philippine billionaire Lance Gokongwei is hiving off about 30.7 billion pesos ($536 million) worth of shopping malls into his family’s RL Commercial REIT that will help the group’s diversified property arm Robinsons Land Corp. raise funds to bankroll its expansion plans.
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Ian Sayson, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Vermont was originally part of New York, Maine was hived off from Massachusetts, Tennessee was the western part of North Carolina, Kentucky and West Virginia were originally Virginia territory, and the Virginia part of the district boomeranged back.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
Even the streamers are becoming more cost-conscious, paying local rates for local content, often hiving off rights for select territories instead of doing the worldwide deals that were once the norm.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2025
Michael Flaherty Updated Jan 13, 2025 - Business Corporate spinoffs grow in size and complexity
The average size of corporate spinoffs is growing, as CEOs look beyond hiving off unloved divisions and toward more complex, transformative deals.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
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Ian Sayson, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Vermont was originally part of New York, Maine was hived off from Massachusetts, Tennessee was the western part of North Carolina, Kentucky and West Virginia were originally Virginia territory, and the Virginia part of the district boomeranged back.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 13 June 2025
Even the streamers are becoming more cost-conscious, paying local rates for local content, often hiving off rights for select territories instead of doing the worldwide deals that were once the norm.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2025
Michael Flaherty Updated Jan 13, 2025 - Business Corporate spinoffs grow in size and complexity
The average size of corporate spinoffs is growing, as CEOs look beyond hiving off unloved divisions and toward more complex, transformative deals.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Hive off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hive%20off. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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