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Divestiture(finance)
divestiture(dictionary)

divestiture (iou)



divestiture noun. E17.
[from medieval Latin divestit- pa. ppl stem of divestire: DIVEST: see -URE. Cf. medieval Latin disvestitura.]
Deprivation of a possession or right; dispossession; alienation. E17.
The action of stripping off clothing or getting rid of something. E19.
The process of breaking up a large company by selling off or forcing the sale of subsidiaries; withdrawal of investment. US. M20.