- divestment
- noun see divest
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
divestment
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divestment — UK [daɪˈvestmənt] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms divestment : singular divestment plural divestments economics the process of selling shares or assets or of taking back money that you have invested … English dictionary
divestment — In property law, the cutting short of an interest prior to its normal termination. Restatement, Second, Property, No. 16. The complete loss of an interest in land (total divestment) or the partial loss of it by virtue of others sharing it… … Black's law dictionary
divestment — In property law, the cutting short of an interest prior to its normal termination. Restatement, Second, Property, No. 16. The complete loss of an interest in land (total divestment) or the partial loss of it by virtue of others sharing it… … Black's law dictionary
divestment — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Stripping of covering Nouns 1. divestment, divestiture; taking off, disrobing, undressing; [de]nudation; decortication, hair removal, depilation, excoriation, desquamation; molting, ecdysis; exfoliation.… … English dictionary for students
