Divestiture - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |dɪˈvestɪtʃər|  American pronunciation of the word divestiture
Brit.  |daɪˈvestɪtʃə|  British pronunciation of the word divestiture

noun

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

Extra examples

Divestitures are used to break up monopolies.

Before divestiture, the telephone company monopolized the state.

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