divestiture - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'divestiture' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Divestiture

[ n.]

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

Meaning of 'divestiture' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . divestiture

[ n]

Meaning (1):
- 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

Example in sentence:

the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly

Nearby Words:

divagation divalent divan divaricate divaricated divaricately divaricating divarication divaricator divast

See 'divestiture' also in:

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Divestiture
Divestiture means the sale or removal of a business/firm or a major component . It refers to spinning off a financially and managerially independent company or selling it outright.
Divestiture Strategy
A grand strategy that involves the sale of a firm or a major unit of a firm as a going concern .

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