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newco.

A new company, especially one spun-off from or replacing an existing company as a legal fiction to maintain ownership over an entity while separating it from the old company financially.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A new company, especially one spun-off from or replacing an existing company as a legal fiction to maintain ownership over an entity while separating it from the old company financially.

  2. A placeholder name for a business in textbooks.

Where this word comes from

From new + co.

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