Definitions for divestiture
dɪˈvɛs tɪ tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, daɪ-di·vesti·ture

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. divestiturenoun

   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

   "the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly"

2. divestiturenoun

   the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. divestiturenoun

   the act of divesting, or something divested

2. divestiturenoun

   the sale or liquidation of a subsidiary company, especially if forced by some governing authority

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1. divestiture

   In finance and economics, divestment or divestiture is the reduction of some kind of asset for financial, ethical, or political objectives or sale of an existing business by a firm. A divestment is the opposite of an investment. Divestiture is an adaptive change and adjustment of a company's ownership and business portfolio made to confront with internal and external changes.

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1. divestiture

   Divestiture is a business strategy in which a company sells off its assets, subsidiaries, or business units in order to streamline operations, refocus on its core business, reduce debt, or raise capital. Divestiture can occur through various methods such as sale to another company, a management buyout, or spinning off the unit into a separate company.

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1. Divestiturenoun

   the act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc

Matched Categories

1. • Court Order
   • Law
   • Sale

How to pronounce divestiture?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of divestiture in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of divestiture in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of divestiture in a Sentence

1. John Flannery:

   We don't feel the need to do a major acquisition or divestiture and I don't want the business distracted from growing earnings, we have five years plus of not growing earnings. We're not going to be a party to that anymore.

2. Chief Executive Dave Hager:

   With the highly accretive sale of Access, Devon's divestiture program is now complete with proceeds totaling $ 3.2 billion, surpassing the top end of our $ 2 billion to $ 3 billion guidance range.

3. Richard Blumenthal:

   What we've seen over the past years is a trend toward mammoth beer behemoths in our market and the result has not been a happy one for many consumers, i would urge the Department of Justice to think beyond the divestiture that has been proposed.

4. Chief Executive Dave Hager:

   Proceeds for the entire divestiture program are well on their way to achieving our previously announced range of $ 2 billion to $ 3 billion in 2016.

5. Chief Executive Greg Hayes:

   We’re done shrinking UTC with the completion of this divestiture.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=divestiture
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Divestiture
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divestiture
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/divestiture