divestiture

[ dih-ves-ti-cher, -choor, dahy- ]

/ dɪˈvɛs tɪ tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, daɪ- /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR divestiture ON THESAURUS.COM

noun

the act of divesting.

the state of being divested.

something, as property or investments, that has been divested: to reexamine the company's acquisitions and divestitures.

Also di·ves·ture

[dih-ves-cher, -choor, dahy-]. /dɪˈvɛs tʃər, -tʃʊər, daɪ-/. the sale of business holdings or part of a company, especially under legal compulsion.

Also di·vest·ment [dih-vest-muhnt, dahy-] /dɪˈvɛst mənt, daɪ-/ .

Origin of divestiture

First recorded in 1595–1605; di-² + (in)vestiture

Words nearby divestiture

divertissement, divertive, Dives, divest, divestible, divestiture, dive table, divi, divid., dividable, divide

Example sentences from the Web for divestiture

He is more puzzled over this problem of divestiture than any other, and finds the solution of it only in "sexual selection."
Life: Its True Genesis|R. W. Wright
This divestiture of sensation proceeds to such an extent that there is nothing left beyond what M. Villey calls the pure form.
Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge|Alexander Philip

Cultural definitions for divestiture

divestiture

[ (deye-ves-tuh-chuhr, deye-ves-tuh-choor) ]

The act of a corporation or conglomerate in getting rid of a subsidiary company or division. In a tactic to pressure South Africa to end apartheid, during the 1980s many Americans and Europeans urged divestiture on corporations doing business in South Africa.

单词	divestiture
释义	divestiture [ dih-ves-ti-cher, -choor, dahy- ] / dɪˈvɛs tɪ tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, daɪ- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR divestiture ON THESAURUS.COM noun the act of divesting. the state of being divested. something, as property or investments, that has been divested: to reexamine the company's acquisitions and divestitures. Also di·ves·ture [dih-ves-cher, -choor, dahy-]. /dɪˈvɛs tʃər, -tʃʊər, daɪ-/. the sale of business holdings or part of a company, especially under legal compulsion. Also di·vest·ment [dih-vest-muhnt, dahy-] /dɪˈvɛst mənt, daɪ-/ . Origin of divestiture First recorded in 1595–1605; di-² + (in)vestiture Words nearby divestiture divertissement, divertive, Dives, divest, divestible, divestiture, dive table, divi, divid., dividable, divide Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for divestiture He is more puzzled over this problem of divestiture than any other, and finds the solution of it only in "sexual selection." Life: Its True Genesis\|R. W. Wright This divestiture of sensation proceeds to such an extent that there is nothing left beyond what M. Villey calls the pure form. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge\|Alexander Philip Words related to divestiture divestment, disinvestment, dispossession, privation, divesture Cultural definitions for divestiture divestiture [ (deye-ves-tuh-chuhr, deye-ves-tuh-choor) ] The act of a corporation or conglomerate in getting rid of a subsidiary company or division. In a tactic to pressure South Africa to end apartheid, during the 1980s many Americans and Europeans urged divestiture on corporations doing business in South Africa. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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divestiture

noun

Origin of divestiture

Words nearby divestiture

Example sentences from the Web for divestiture

Words related to divestiture

Cultural definitions for divestiture