"divestment" meaning in All languages combined

See divestment on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /daɪˈvɛstmənt/ Forms: divestments [plural]
Etymology: From divest + -ment. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wes-|id=dress}}, {{suffix|en|divest|ment}} divest + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} divestment (usually uncountable, plural divestments)
  1. (finance) The sale or other disposal of some kind of asset. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Finance Synonyms: divestiture Translations (sale of some kind of asset): 撤資 /撤资 (chèzī) (Chinese Mandarin), divestointi (Finnish), liquidation [feminine] (French), désinvestissement [masculine] (French), Desinvestition [feminine] (German), Desvestition [feminine] (German), εκποίηση (ekpoíisi) [feminine] (Greek), αποεπένδυση (apoepéndysi) [feminine] (Greek), ἐκποίησις (ekpoíēsis) [Katharevousa, feminine] (Greek), ἀποεπένδυσις (apoepéndusis) [Katharevousa, feminine] (Greek), disinvestimento [masculine] (Italian), 剥奪 (hakudatsu) (alt: はくだつ) (Japanese), 매각 (maegak) (Korean), translatynge (Middle English), дивести́ция (divestícija) [feminine] (Russian), desinversión [masculine] (Spanish), avyttring [common-gender] (Swedish)

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