Synonyms for divestiture
dɪˈvɛs tɪ tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, daɪ-di·vesti·ture

Princeton's WordNet

1. divestiturenoun

   an order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior

   "the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly"

2. divestiturenoun

   the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division

Matched Categories

1. • Court Order
   • Law
   • Sale

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1. List of paraphrases for "divestiture":

   divestment, assignment, assignments, disposals, disinvestment, alienation, conveyance, transfers, cession, transfer, disposal, surrenders

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How to use divestiture in a sentence?

1. Matthew Cantor:

   If Cigna-Anthem craters, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Justice Department agreeing to some kind of divestiture package.

2. William John Bennett:

   The shortage of student loans may require ... divestiture of certain sorts-stereo divestiture, automobile divestiture, three-weeks-at-the-beach divestiture.

3. David Balto:

   Agencies are becoming increasingly skeptical about whether you can remedy anti-competitive mergers by having some kind of divestiture.

4. Shu Jueting:

   If the news [about a forced sale] is true, China will firmly oppose it, the sale or divestiture of TikTok involves technology export, and administrative licensing procedures must be performed in accordance with Chinese laws and regulations.

5. Michael Ryan:

   I think it will be a busy year for everyone in the industry, i expect to see a lot of restructuring and cost cutting work, debt for equity transactions, restructuring balance sheet type transactions, sales of assets, divestiture of non-key assets to further shore up (distressed miners') balance sheets.