What does divestment mean?
Definitions for divestment
di·vest·ment
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divestmentnoun
The sale or other disposal of some kind of asset.
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Divestment
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.
Webster Dictionary
Divestmentnoun
the act of divesting
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Divestment
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.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of divestment in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of divestment in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of divestment in a Sentence
Bank Vontobel analyst Bernd Pomrehn:
Holcim Philippines operates in a high-growth market and is profitable, but the divestment would have helped LafargeHolcim to reduce its net debt by 1.8 billion Swiss francs, however, even without this transaction we expect the company's deleveraging to proceed.
If these numbers tell us anything, it's that the divestment movement is catching fire.
We generally don't recommend divestment, because once you do, you lose the right to make shareholder resolutions and otherwise demand answers from a company's board of directors.
Pricing is key for divestment, at the right price, these issues should go through.
There's a head of steam building up for the divestment of the consumer business, it now has the mass and the reach to be a standalone group, and there are next to no synergies with the rest of the pharmaceutical business.
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