hive off

verb

hived off; hiving off; hives off

Definition of hive off

intransitive verb

chiefly British : to break away from or as if from a group : become separate

transitive verb

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

Examples of hive off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The move to hive off the products into a company called Organon & Co. will allow Merck to focus on faster-growing cancer drugs, vaccines and animal-health items, Mr. Frazier said in February 2020 when the plan was first announced. — Nina Trentmann, WSJ, "Merck Names 30-Year Company Veteran as CFO," 24 Mar. 2021 The battle over the future of TikTok—the fast-growing short-form video app—is continuing this week as ByteDance Ltd., tech giant Microsoft Corp., and the Trump administration discuss outlines of a deal that could hive off TikTok’s U.S. operations. — Bowdeya Tweh, WSJ, "Is TikTok Getting Banned in the U.S.? It’s Complicated. Here’s Everything You Need to Know," 4 Aug. 2020 Other drugmakers in recent years have hived off lower-margin segments to recapture heady sales growth from cancer drugs and others. — Jared S. Hopkins, WSJ, "Merck to Spin Off Slow-Growth Products Into New Company," 5 Feb. 2020 Uber, which is trading well below the price at its initial public offering, seeks to hive off money-losing businesses to achieve its goal of being profitable -- before taxes, interest, depreciation and amortization -- by 2021. — Edwin Chan, Bloomberg.com, "Uber Sells India Food Business to Zomato to Cut Losses," 29 Apr. 2020 Executives hope cutting 18,000 jobs, hiving off €288 billion in assets into a bad bank for winding down, and withdrawal from international investment banking will save the German lender. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "As the Deutsche Bank Turns," 8 July 2019 Zulus would be hived off to KawZulu, Tswana people to Bophuthatswana, Xhosa to Ciskei or the Transkei and so on. — Sam Kiley, CNN, "Palestinians say Trump's deal is racist. But their leaders are bereft of ideas on how to fight it," 5 Feb. 2020 If Traton goes well, maybe other big VW brands could be hived off from the parent. — Chris Bryant | Bloomberg, Washington Post, "Volkswagen’s $17 Billion Change of Direction," 17 June 2019 Would China accept hiving off a core part of one of its few globally powerful corporations? — The Economist, "Huawei may sell its 5G technology to a Western buyer," 11 Sep. 2019

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“Hive off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hive%20off. Accessed 10 May. 2021.

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