split-up

split-up
n
break-up, separation, divorce, estrangement, alienation, parting, parting of the ways

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▶ noun BREAK-UP, separation, split, parting, estrangement, rift; divorce; Brit. informal bust-up.

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I. \\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun (-s)
Etymology: from split up, v.
1. : an act or result of splitting up : separation

split-up of the Roman Empire — Sebastian De Grazia

trying desperately to avoid a domestic split-up

2.
a. : the act or process of splitting the stock of a corporation : split

stock split-ups and stock dividends

a tax-free split-up

b. : the breaking up of a corporation or interrelated group of corporations by legal compulsion or otherwise

split-up of utility holding companies

c. : a transfer of a distinctive business constituting one of two or more businesses owned by a corporation to another corporation controlled by the former accompanied by the surrender of all stock owned by stockholders in the distributing corporation for new stock in both that and in the controlled corporations — compare spin-off, split-off
II. \\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ adjective
of the hindquarters of a horse : lacking substance : short, narrow; especially : lacking sound muscular development between the thighs

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/split"up'/, n.
1. a splitting or separating into two or more parts.
2. a separation or dissociation of two groups or people.
3. Com. a process of reorganizing a corporate structure whereby all the capital stock and assets are exchanged for those of two or more newly established companies, resulting in the liquidation of the parent corporation. Cf. spin-off (def. 1), split-off (def. 3).
[1830-40; n. use of v. phrase split up]

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splitˈ-up noun
A separation, esp of a married couple
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Main Entry: ↑split

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split-up «SPLIHT UHP», noun.
1. division; separation; breakup: »

a family split-up.

2. an issuing of a number of new shares of stock for each currently held; split: »

a stock split-up.

3. the exchange of all the stocks of a parent corporation for the stocks of one or more newly formed or subsidiary corporations, resulting in the dissolution of the parent corporation.

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