Meaning of spin-off | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

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Examples

“We are about to broach the fraught saga of the Circle Line, but there is another Metropolitan spin-off that comes first, one that has always appealed to me by the baleful beauty of its name: the City Widened Lines or 'The Widened Lines' for short.”

“Space research often provides a spin-off for everyday technology.”

“"Frasier" was a spin-off from the sitcom "Cheers".”

“The Harry Potter spin-off prequel series Fantastic Beasts has been “parked” by Warner Bros, according to its director David Yates.”

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