Dictionary

divestment en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /daɪˈvɛstmənt/

Etymology

Etymology tree English divest Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English divestment From divest + -ment.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The sale or other disposal of some kind of asset.
   • The divestment movement against Big Carbon is gathering force. While it will never bankrupt the mega-corporations, it can reveal unethical practices while triggering a debate about values that recognizes that such practices are nested in economic systems that encourage, inhibit or even prohibit them. 2014 November 6, Rob Nixon, “Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’”, in New York Times:
   • The fossil fuel divestment movement is calling on institutions to divest from the companies causing climate change.

Forms

Antonyms

investment

Synonyms

divestiture

Translations (20)

es desinversión (sale of some kind of asset) · fr désinvestissement (sale of some kind of asset) · grc ἐκποίησις (sale of some kind of asset) · ms nyahlabur (sale of some kind of asset) · de Desvestition (sale of some kind of asset) · ms pemberhentian pelaburan (sale of some kind of asset) · ko 매각 (sale of some kind of asset) · el εκποίηση (sale of some kind of asset) · fi divestointi (sale of some kind of asset) · fr liquidation (sale of some kind of asset) · enm translatynge (sale of some kind of asset) · el αποεπένδυση (sale of some kind of asset) · it disinvestimento (sale of some kind of asset) · ru дивести́ция (sale of some kind of asset) · de Desinvestition (sale of some kind of asset) · grc ἀποεπένδυσις (sale of some kind of asset) · cmn 撤資 /撤资 (sale of some kind of asset) · id divestasi (sale of some kind of asset) · ja 剥奪 (sale of some kind of asset) · sv avyttring (sale of some kind of asset)