divestiture
/daɪˈvɛstɪtʃər/
noun
- The act of selling off a business, investment, or asset.
- After the divestiture, the firm became much smaller but more profitable.
- The company's divestiture of its overseas operations raised billions of dollars.
- The government ordered the divestiture of the monopoly's subsidiaries.
- The act of removing or taking away something, such as a right or property.
- Citizens protested the divestiture of their public lands.
- The divestiture of the dictator's assets was ordered by the court.
- The divestiture of her inheritance left her with nothing.
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