divestiture

or di·vest·ment

[dih-ves-ti-cher, -choo r or dih-vest-muh nt; dahy-]

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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, -choo r, dahy-] /dɪˈvɛs tʃər, -tʃʊər, daɪ-/. the sale of business holdings or part of a company, especially under legal compulsion.

Origin of divestiture

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018

Related Words for divestment

divestment, disinvestment, destitution, hardship, privation, dispossession, loss, withholding, denial, distress, expropriation, seizure, removal, divestiture, want, withdrawal, detriment, disadvantage, divesture, deprival

Examples from the Web for divestment

Contemporary Examples of divestment

But when it comes to energy, divestment from coal or fossil fuels is much more symbolic—and not very meaningful.
Why Stanford Should Keep Its Coal Stocks
Daniel Gross
May 15, 2014
Divestment may an appealing short-term action for people concerned with the effects of coal and fossil fuels on the environment.
Why Stanford Should Keep Its Coal Stocks
Daniel Gross
May 15, 2014
And in the case of South Africa, the divestment effort helped hasten the demise of an evil regime.
Why Stanford Should Keep Its Coal Stocks
Daniel Gross
May 15, 2014
Given the BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) platform, probably not.
'Disappearing Palestine' Vancouver Bus Ads Rile Jewish Organizations
Mira Sucharov
August 29, 2013
This year has seen some notable victories for the pro-Palestine boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement.
A Brief History of Hawking’s Boycott
Matthew Kalman
May 8, 2013

Historical Examples of divestment

But in a slack and unreflecting fashion the divestment has gone on until the aggregate effect is unmistakable.
An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation
Thorstein Veblen

Word Origin and History for divestment

divestiture

c.1600, from divest on analogy of investiture. Economics sense is from 1961.

divestment in Culture

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.