divesting
Meaning
of Divest
Source: Webster's dictionarySynonyms
Examples
Albertson's LLC has concentrated on rebuilding market share and its store base in its strongest areas, and divesting stores and other property in its weaker areas.
An argument Brunner often hears when discussing divesting from fossil fuels is that if one investor steps out, another steps in. The investee company feels no pressure to change its behaviour.
With a new management team in place, Lycos also began divesting properties that were not core to its new strategy.
That year, the company began divesting control of company-owned US restaurants to franchised operations, with the intention of reducing overall company ownership from 35 percent to 5 percent.
After allowing me a suitable period of reflection, The Wife gently lowered me to the floor and I was ready for the next stage in my divesting process, which was the removal of my long johns, a process I approached with decidedly mixed feelings.
Given these grim realities, and in the face of ethical and legal obligations, it's not by chance that countries and private enterprises are divesting from Israeli companies.