especially: to remove (a security) from the list of securities that may be dealt in on a particular exchange
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebBeijing essentially forced ride-hailing giant Didi to delist from New York, less than a year after it was listed there. Jacky Wong, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 If other Chinese companies also delist in the U.S. Shares of Alibaba Group, which has by far the largest U.S. market capitalization of any Chinese company, slid 3.2% on the New York Stock Exchange in early Friday trading. Derek Saul, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 The Tuesday statement also breezed over the company's strange decision to quietly delist six HBO Max-exclusive films from that platform on Wednesday morning. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 3 Aug. 2022 American investors would lose out if Chinese stocks delist en masse from New York. Yvonne Lau, Fortune, 27 July 2022 Didi’s investors voted in May to delist from the New York Stock Exchange, in hopes that a return home would help mollify Beijing regulators. Pei-lin Wu, Washington Post, 21 July 2022 Didi said its shareholders approved the Chinese ride-hailing company’s plan to delist from the NYSE.WSJ, 24 May 2022 Didi shareholders voted to delist from New York on May 23. Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 8 June 2022 The ride-hailing company promptly found itself at the center of a showdown between Chinese regulators and the country’s tech industry, with disastrous effects: Didi now has a market cap of $8.7 billion and plans to delist from the NYSE. Kevin Dowd, Forbes, 27 May 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
1929, in the meaning defined above
Legal Definition
delist
transitive verb
de·list dē-ˈlist
: to remove from a list
especially: to remove (a security) from the list of securities that may be traded on a particular exchange