divestiture
/dʌɪˈvɛstɪtʃə
/ /dɪˈvɛstɪtʃə/(also divesture)
noun
Another term for divestment.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.
- Having started this trend, we've gone through a lot of acquisitions and divestitures over a two-year period.
Origin
Early 17th century: from medieval Latin divestit- 'divested' (from the verb divestire) + -ure.
Rhymes
- Persian
- persiana
- Persian berry
- Persian blind
- Persian blue
- Persian buttercup
- Persian carpet
- Persian cat
- Persian cord
- Persian cyclamen
- Persian earth
- Persian fire
- Persian Gulf
- Persian insect powder
- Persian iris
- Persianist
- Persianization
- Persianized
- Persianizing
- Persian jasmine
- Persian lamb
- Persian leather
- Persian-like
- Persian lilac
- Persian lily