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scorporare

to spin off

verb skor-poh-RAH-reh Rare

Also means

to separate out

Usage Note

Scorporare takes avere as its auxiliary. In business and accounting it means to separate a part from a whole — scorporare una divisione aziendale (to spin off a business division) or scorporare l'IVA (to extract VAT from a total price). It is a technical term not used in everyday conversation.

Examples

"L'azienda ha deciso di scorporare il settore energia."

Natural Translation

The company decided to spin off the energy division.

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