carve-out
C1CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
Law noun
An express exception that removes something from the scope of a broader clause.
We negotiated a carve-out so ordinary-course disclosures fall outside the confidentiality obligation.
Business noun
A unit separated from its parent to operate or be sold on its own.
The semiconductor carve-out will list as a standalone company by the third quarter.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
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