divestiture

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divestiture

/dɪˈvɛstɪt͡ʃɚ/ US
/daɪ-/ US
/-tə-/ US
/-t͡ʃʊɹ/ US
/-tjʊɹ/ US
/daɪˈvɛstɪt͡ʃə/ UK

noun divestitures

countable, uncountable The act of selling something off, especially an investment or a business. Organic sales, which exclude the impact of acquisitions, divestitures and foreign exchange, are now expected to rise 2 per cent to 5 per cent[…].
countable, uncountable The process of stripping away an individual's confidence, values and attitudes in order to indoctrinate the individual into an organization. Divestiture socialisation tries to strip away certain characteristics of the recruit.

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@misc{divestiture_2026,
  title = {divestiture},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/divestiture},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}