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- Dictionarydi·vest·ment/dīˈvestm(ə)nt/
noun
- 1. the action or process of selling off subsidiary business interests or investments: "the importance of divestment"
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Reduction of some kind of asset for financial, ethical, or political objectives or sale of an existing business by a firm
In finance and economics, divestment or divestiture is the reduction of some kind of asset for financial, ethical, or political objectives or sale of an existing business by a firm. A divestment is the opposite of an investment. Divestiture is an adaptive change and adjustment of a company's ownership and business portfolio made to confront with internal and external changes. Wikipedia