divestment

/daɪˈvestmənt/ (bre, ipa) · /daɪˈvestmənt/ (ame, ipa) · /-s(t)mənt/ (ame, mw)

divestment — 名詞

  • divestmentsingular
  • divestmentsplural

1. the act of selling a business unit or shares held in another company, or pulling

1.名詞C1
釋義

撤資；出售

出售公司部門或撤回已投入的資金

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

例句

Amina's company announced the divestment of its struggling European factories last Thursday.

上週四，Amina 的公司宣布出售其經營困難的歐洲工廠。

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.

京都大學從石油和天然氣公司撤資120億日圓，經歷了三年董事會協商才完成。

divestment of + amount + from + sector with named institution

同義詞
  • 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

反義詞
  • 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).

常見錯誤

❌My divestment of my old car took a week.
✅The sale of my old car took a week.
💡divestment is used for business assets or investment holdings, not personal belongings.