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split′-up`



n.
a splitting or separating into two or more parts or groups.
[1830–40]
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split-up

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
Translations

split-up

[ˈsplɪtʌp] Nruptura f; [of couple] → separación f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

split-up

n (of friends)Bruch m (→ of zwischen +dat); (of partners)Trennung f (→ of +gen); (of party)Spaltung f (→ of +gen)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

split-up

[ˈsplɪtˌʌp] n (of married couple) → separazione f; (of friends, political group) → rottura
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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Type D divisive reorganizations can take the form of a split-up, a split-off, or a spinoff, whereby a corporation transfers part of its assets to one or more controlled corporations, which then distribute their stock in one of the following ways:
In The Man Who Would Marry Susan Sontag, Field writes about the "ups and downs" of Sontag's relationship with Leibovitz, and the "split-up after Leibovitz had a baby at the age of fifty--the father of the baby had been undisclosed, but rumor has it that the sperm was donated by Susan's son, journalist David Rieff, which, if true, would make Susan its grandmother!
I said I could show him the places where every one of those cut and split-up trees had lived on the hillside behind my house.
Split-up. When a corporation splits into two or more separate entities after an option grant, property transfer or deferral of compensation, the deduction generally must be allocated among the new entities.
And it has been a blow to the big energy companies, resulting in record losses, layoffs and split-ups.
The percentage split-ups of the segments categorized under the global market were used to arrive at the market sizes of each of the individual segments of the end-user verticals.
The current law in New Hampshire, one of the few states that hasn't updated its statutes in almost two decades, are both complicated and vague on everything from ethics to split-ups, say proponents of the measure.
There are so many split-ups, which are bitter and the kids are used like a weapon to wind up the other partner.