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carveout en · NOUN

Etymology

Deverbal from carve out.

Meanings

1. 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. 2018, Jacob E. Gersen, Margot J. Pollans, Michael T. Roberts, Food Law and Policy, page 825:
   • 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. 2025 March 28, Maya C. Miller, “Forgoing Oversight, Republicans Resort to Personal Appeals to Head Off DOGE Cuts”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

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