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BABY BILLS

A nickname given to the hypothetical companies that would have formed if the Justice Department had broken up Microsoft Corporation.

Using the first name of Microsoft's founder, Bill Gates, the term is a takeoff on the "Baby Bells" created by the breakup of AT&T.

  1. baby bills—n.Nickname for the resulting companies should the U.S. government decide to break up Microsoft into smaller units. Cf. Baby Bellsem the companies created after the breaku...Dictionary of new words