newco

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.

Word forms

newco newcos

Etymology

From new + co.

Related words

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