divestment
/daɪˈvestmənt/ (bre, ipa) · /daɪˈvestmənt/ (ame, ipa) · /-s(t)mənt/ (ame, mw)
divestment — noun
- divestmentsingular
- divestmentsplural
1. the act of selling a business unit or shares held in another company, or pulling
the act of selling a business unit or shares held in another company, or pulling invested money back out of a particular industry or project
Amina's company announced the divestment of its struggling European factories last Thursday.
divestment of + asset for selling a subsidiary
Kyoto University's divestment of ¥12 billion from oil and gas companies took three years of board negotiations.
divestment of + amount + from + sector with named institution
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan's sudden divestment of the hotel chain struck Diego as a warning about the tourism sector.
The Norwegian pension fund faced mounting public pressure over its slow divestment of €5.8 billion from coal mining companies.
After six months of heated debate, Barnard College announced its full divestment of $320 million from weapons manufacturers.
- divestiture
near-synonym; more common in American legal and regulatory contexts
- disposal
broader term for getting rid of any asset, not just investment holdings
- liquidation
implies converting assets to cash, often under financial pressure or when closing a business
- sell-off
informal term suggesting a quick, large-scale sale, sometimes at low prices
- investment
the act of putting money into something rather than taking it out
- acquisition
buying or taking over assets, the opposite movement from the company's perspective
文法句型
divestment of + noun phrase
divestment from + noun phrase
用法筆記
Almost exclusively used in formal business and institutional settings. In everyday conversation about selling personal property, use 'sale' or 'selling' instead. Typically takes 'of' (naming what is sold) or 'from' (naming the sector left behind).