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Verb
/diˈvest/,/dī-/,
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Deprive (someone) of power, rights, or possessions,
  1. Deprive (someone) of power, rights, or possessions
    • - men are unlikely to be divested of power without a struggle
  2. Deprive (something) of a particular quality
    • - he has divested the original play of its charm
  3. Rid oneself of something that one no longer wants or requires, such as a business interest or investment
    • - it appears easier to carry on in the business than to divest
    • - the government's policy of divesting itself of state holdings
  4. Relieve (someone) of something being worn or carried
    • - she divested him of his coat
  1. deprive: take away possessions from someone; "The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets"
  2. deprive of status or authority; "he was divested of his rights and his title"; "They disinvested themselves of their rights"
  3. reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment); "The company decided to divest"; "the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property"; "There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa"
  4. strip: remove (someone's or one's own) clothes; "The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim"; "She divested herself of her outdoor clothes"; "He disinvested himself of his garments"
  5. In finance and economics, divestment or divestiture is the reduction of some kind of asset for either financial or ethical objectives or sale of an existing business by a firm. A divestment is the opposite of an investment.
  6. To undress, disrobe; To strip, deprive, or dispossess (someone) of something (such as a right, passion, privilege, or prejudice); To sell off or be rid of through sale, especially of a subsidiary
  7. (Divestment) A sale or disposal of company or business segment.
  8. (Divestment) In reference to eligibility for Medicaid, the disposal of resources at less than fair market value in order to qualify for benefits.
  9. (Divestment) The dilution of the government's stake in Public Sector Undertakings is called as divestment.
  10. (Divestment) The sale or spinning off of business units not regarded as strategi-cally necessary to the enterprise.
  11. (Divestment) The selling off of part of the operations of a business. p. 487
  12. To deprive of a right or title to property.
  13. To take away; the opposite of vest or invest.
  14. A business strategy in which a company sells off a business unit in order to focus resources on a more profitable or promising market.
  15. To deprive or take away.