divestverb [ I or T ]
uk/daɪˈvest/us/dɪˈvest/mainly USto sell something, especially a business or a part of a business:
The company is divesting its less profitable business operations.
She has divested herself of (= sold) some of her share-holdings.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Selling
- auction
- bake sale
- bundle
- chain of production
- export
- flip
- package
- price yourself out of the market idiom
- privatize
- purvey
- realizable
- realization
- realize
- serve
- shift
- telesales
- tout
- undercharge
- unsold
- upsell
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Phrasal verb(s)
divest sb of sth