divestiture
divestiture · divestitures
The act of selling something off, especially an investment or a businessThe act of selling something off, especially an investment or a business.
UK/daɪˈvɛstɪt͡ʃə/US/dɪˈvɛstɪt͡ʃɚ/
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of selling something off, especially an investment or a business.
(countable, uncountable)The process of stripping away an individual's confidence, values and attitudes in order to indoctrinate the individual into an organization.
More definitions
- the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division
- an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior
Forms
plural: divestitures| Singular | divestiture |
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Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable