divestment

English

Etymology

divest +‎ -ment

Noun

divestment (usually uncountable, plural divestments)

(finance) The sale or other disposal of some kind of asset.

The fossil fuel divestment movement is calling on institutions to divest from the companies causing climate change.

Synonyms

divestiture

Antonyms

investment

Translations

sale of some kind of asset

Chinese:
Mandarin: 撤資, 撤资 (chèzī)
Finnish: divestointi
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Italian: disinvestimento (it) m
Japanese: 剥奪 (ja) (はくだつ, hakudatsu)
Korean: 매각 (ko) (maegak)
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