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UK
/dˌɪsɪnvˈɛst/
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VERB
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deprive of status or authority
They disinvested themselves of their rights
he was divested of his rights and his title -
reduce or dispose of; cease to hold (an investment)
the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property
There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa
The company decided to divest -
remove (someone's or one's own) clothes
He disinvested himself of his garments
The nurse quickly undressed the accident victim
She divested herself of her outdoor clothes
How To Use disinvest In A Sentence
- Funding is a special challenge now, because governments in many countries are disinvesting in higher education.
- He has been at pains to assure a sceptical public of various other safeguards to check against the rampant abuses of the disinvestment process.
- You are planning on disinvesting so you don't look like you're "condoning" genocide in Darfur? Queerty
- Conversely, the Inland analysis reinforces other research that shows that disinvesting in the product is predictive of declining circulation and revenues.
- They should produce a comprehensive White Paper on disinvestment for serious debate before selling a single sou of public assets.
- With hardly a credible debate on the rationale and justification of rapid disinvestment, some of the most profitable or strategically important public sector undertakings are being privatised.
- In this time of government fiscal stress in the United States, we need to resist the tendency to disinvest in emergency capacity due to the low probability of utilization. Steven Cohen: Learning From Japan's Catastrophe
- On disinvestment, there is no clear consensus. Outlook India
- They disinvested themselves of their rights
- The inter ministerial group will forward the proposal to the cabinet committee on disinvestment for approval.
