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
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divestiture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | court order |
| Derivation | divest |
the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly.
divestiture::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | sale |
| Derivation | divest |
Examples of divestiture
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Overall, Fitch expects meaningful debt reduction as a result of the divestiture.
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It is expected that the divestiture will be modestly dilutive to 2008 earnings.
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Has divestiture had any impact on the country's economic and political climate?
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VeriSign, as part of a major divestiture, sold Kontiki to MK Capital in May 2008.
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A is subject to the rules regarding divestiture of a life estate, as noted above.
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Through this divestiture, the Ford Motor Company became a public company in 1956.
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The divestiture could generate something like $4 billion, according to Nomura.
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There is a question over whether he had the authority to push for divestiture.
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We were fortunate to get three more banks from the Wachovia-SouthTrust divestiture.
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- 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
- In finance and economics, divestment or divestiture is the reduction of some kind of asset for either financial or ethical objectives or sale of an existing business by a firm. A divestment is the opposite of an investment.
- The act of divesting, or something divested; the sale or liquidation of a subsidiary company, especially if forced by some governing authority
- (Divestitures) the distribution of a company's assets or a business segment by sale, liquidation or other acquisition arrangement. It can also mean a corporation's orderly distribution of large blocks of another corporation's stock held for investment.
- Is the disposition of a federal entity by outright sale, employee purchase or takeover. Normally all associated federal lands are also transferred/sold. If an entity is divested to a non-government owner, that can also be referred to as a privatization. [Source: Appendix C. Policy on Reporting]
- A complete asset or investment disposal such as outright sale or liquidation.
- The stripping off of one utility function from the others by selling (spinning-off) or in some other way changing the ownership of the assets related to that function.
- The removal of rights or honors; the act of removing something
