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单词 divestiture
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Definition of divestiture in English:

divestiture

(also divesture)
noun dʌɪˈvɛstɪtʃədɪˈvɛstɪtʃə
mass noun
  • The action or process of selling off subsidiary business interests or investments.

    the divestiture of state-owned assets
    Example sentencesExamples
    • An interesting case in point was the forced divestiture of Clorox by Procter and Gamble.
    • Seagram was just going through a series of acquisitions and divestitures when I was brought in.
    • And the companies that fail to find them quickly will be subject to a new round of divestitures and consolidations.
    • Rather than regard corporate units as parts of a coherent whole, investors began to demand the divestiture of poorly performing assets.
    • David says he'll continue to look for both acquisitions and divestitures as a way to drive growth.
    • Compaine notes that Bagdikian obsesses over big media acquisitions but ignores divestures.
    • In fact, he says he might take some proceeds from divestitures and make acquisitions.
    • Some of the required divestitures, however, never took place.
    • Accordingly, corporate executives frequently explain proposed or actual divestitures and spin-offs by citing such difficulties.
    • I coded these cases as missing rather than as divestitures.
    • This divestiture created an affiliated-unaffiliated oligopoly market structure for recorded music.
    • She's helped us evaluate some divestitures and also some new lines of business.
    • I am pleased that we have been able to conclude his recruitment and address his concerns regarding the interim rules on stock divestitures.
    • By contrast, the absence of such synergies should prompt divestiture.
    • Having started this trend, we've gone through a lot of acquisitions and divestitures over a two-year period.
    • The strategy, said Johnson, includes few, if any, divestitures and a hiring freeze that will continue until key acquisitions are completed.
    • Analysts give him about a year and a half to show results before further divestitures or even a breakup becomes inevitable.
    • McGann said at the conference that the options were a merger or a divestiture.
    • Discussions on other asset divestitures and business rationalisations are ongoing.
    • Other divestitures have reached beyond physical assets to involve intellectual property, technology, licenses, and contracts.

Origin

Early 17th century: from medieval Latin divestit- 'divested' (from the verb divestire) + -ure.

Rhymes

vestiture
 
 

Definition of divestiture in US English:

divestiture

(also divesture)
noun
  • The action or process of selling off subsidiary business interests or investments.

    the divestiture of state-owned assets
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I coded these cases as missing rather than as divestitures.
    • In fact, he says he might take some proceeds from divestitures and make acquisitions.
    • McGann said at the conference that the options were a merger or a divestiture.
    • Rather than regard corporate units as parts of a coherent whole, investors began to demand the divestiture of poorly performing assets.
    • Compaine notes that Bagdikian obsesses over big media acquisitions but ignores divestures.
    • An interesting case in point was the forced divestiture of Clorox by Procter and Gamble.
    • Having started this trend, we've gone through a lot of acquisitions and divestitures over a two-year period.
    • Other divestitures have reached beyond physical assets to involve intellectual property, technology, licenses, and contracts.
    • I am pleased that we have been able to conclude his recruitment and address his concerns regarding the interim rules on stock divestitures.
    • She's helped us evaluate some divestitures and also some new lines of business.
    • David says he'll continue to look for both acquisitions and divestitures as a way to drive growth.
    • By contrast, the absence of such synergies should prompt divestiture.
    • Seagram was just going through a series of acquisitions and divestitures when I was brought in.
    • Accordingly, corporate executives frequently explain proposed or actual divestitures and spin-offs by citing such difficulties.
    • Some of the required divestitures, however, never took place.
    • Discussions on other asset divestitures and business rationalisations are ongoing.
    • And the companies that fail to find them quickly will be subject to a new round of divestitures and consolidations.
    • This divestiture created an affiliated-unaffiliated oligopoly market structure for recorded music.
    • Analysts give him about a year and a half to show results before further divestitures or even a breakup becomes inevitable.
    • The strategy, said Johnson, includes few, if any, divestitures and a hiring freeze that will continue until key acquisitions are completed.

Origin

Early 17th century: from medieval Latin divestit- ‘divested’ (from the verb divestire) + -ure.

 
 
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