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单词 divestiture
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divestituren.

/dɪˈvɛstɪtjʊə//dʌɪˈvɛstɪtjʊə//dɪˈvɛstɪtʃə//dʌɪˈvɛstɪtʃə/
Forms: Also 1600s de-.
Etymology: < modern Latin dīvestīt- participial stem of dīvestīre to divest v.: compare investiture , and see -ure suffix1. Compare French dévestiture.
The act of divesting.
1. Deprivation of a possession or right; dispossession; alienation: see divest v. 2, 4.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > loss > taking away > [noun] > dispossessing
disseising1475
amotionc1503
dispossession1576
disseisure1579
disseisin1586
dispossessment1599
divestiture1601
devestment1647
devesture1648
divesting1712
divestment1756
disinvestiture1846
expropriation1848
1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. sig. A3v By the diuestiture of the accusers from their places.
1640 Bp. J. Hall Episcopacie ii. xv He is sent away without remedy with a devestiture from his pretended orders.
1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy I. 146 Proud honour that shrinks from the idea of divestiture.
1884 Law Rep.: Appeal Cases 9 312/2 There was only a conditional divestiture of the truster.
2. Putting off of clothing; also figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > undressing or removing clothing > [noun]
stripping1398
unclothing1572
doffing1606
divesture1631
undressing1677
disrobement1747
disrobing1813
divestiture1820
peeling1832
divestment1854
1820 C. Lamb in London Mag. Nov. 487/1 The effect of this divestiture.
1875 J. B. Lightfoot St. Paul's Epist. Colossians & Philemon 257/1 The ἀπέκδυσις..is a divestiture of the powers of evil, a liberation from the dominion of the flesh.
3. Economics. = divestment n. 2. See divest v. 5. Also attributive. Chiefly U.S.
ΘΚΠ
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [noun] > investment > withdrawing investment
disinvestment1938
divestment1955
divestiture1961
society > trade and finance > financial dealings > types of money-dealing > [adjective] > invested > type of investment
perpetual1719
fundeda1770
floating1793
ethical1915
ploughed-back1930
divestiture1961
mezzanine1976
short-termist1987
1961 F. Frankfurter in U.S. Rep. (Supreme Court) 366 342 The plan called for divestiture by du Pont of its 63,000,000 shares of General Motors stock.
1972 Bankers Mag. (Boston, Mass.) Winter 31/1 It..has so many legal implications tied to each and every divestiture and forced sale.
1976 Billings (Montana) Sunday Gaz. 20 June 1– f/3 Divestiture, as the breakup of the present oil industry structure is called, has thus become one of the hottest and most controversial issues in Washington.
1977 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 29 Sept. He had to ask for an extension on the divestiture requirements of Carter's regime.
1982 Times 21 July 15/7 A European Commission investigation..could have the drastic outcome of forcing divestiture.
1984 Christian Sci. Monitor 2 Mar. 4/3 Massachusetts; Washington, D.C.; and Philadelphia passed blanket divestiture bills.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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