Definitions for disinvestment
ˌdɪs ɪnˈvɛst məntdis·in·vest·ment

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1. disinvestmentnoun

   the withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation

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1. disinvestmentnoun

   the process of disinvesting; negative investment.

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1. disinvestment

   Disinvestment refers to the action undertaken by a company or government to sell or liquidate assets, subsidiary businesses, or investment units owned. This process is usually part of a strategic business decision, either to generate funds for new investments or improvements, to reduce debts, or to improve the value of the company. It can also refer to the practice by a government or a corporation of withdrawing invested funds or selling stocks in particular sectors, often for political or ethical reasons.

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1. Disinvestment

   Disinvestment refers to the use of a concerted economic boycott to pressure a government, industry, or company towards a change in policy, or in the case of governments, even regime change. The term was first used in the 1980s, most commonly in the United States, to refer to the use of a concerted economic boycott designed to pressure the government of South Africa into abolishing its policy of apartheid. The term has also been applied to actions targeting Iran, Sudan, Northern Ireland, Myanmar, and Israel.

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How to pronounce disinvestment?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of disinvestment in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of disinvestment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of disinvestment in a Sentence

1. Mukaibar Shah:

   Disinvestment has put economy in bad shape.

2. Ritchie Torres:

   Many of these buildings are old. Not every apartment has a fire alarm. Most of these buildings have no sprinkler system. And so the risk of a fire is much higher in lower-income neighborhoods in The Bronx than it might be elsewhere in New York City or in the country, when we allow our affordable housing developments to be plagued by decades of disinvestment, we are putting lives at risk. These buildings are wide open to catastrophic fires that can cost people their lives, including the lives of children.

3. Michele Suffredin:

   I am more concerned about the disinvestment in education. This is a short-term pain for us and, at some point, we will go back.

4. Stacey Abrams:

   Make no mistake, the former secretary of state was deliberate and intentional in his actions, i know that eight years of systemic disenfranchisement, disinvestment and incompetence had its desired affect on the electoral process in Georgia.

5. Lori Lightfoot.A:

   What's happening is black folks are getting infected more because they are exposed more, and once infected they're dying more because they have their bodies -- our bodies -- have born the burden of chronic disinvestment( and) active neglect of the community, when I look at it is because of structural racism, which puts us in the forward facing jobs so that we are exposed and less valued and don't have the protection that we need.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=disinvestment
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Disinvestment
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=disinvestment