divestiture
or di·vest·ment
[dih-ves-ti-cher, -choo r or dih-vest-muh nt; dahy-]
- 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.
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Origin of divestiture
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Having effected her divesture, she left her to herself for a while, and proceeded to procure her some refreshments.
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Word Origin and History for divesture
divestiture
n.
c.1600, from divest on analogy of investiture. Economics sense is from 1961.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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.
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