Definition of Disinvestment

1. Noun. The withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation.

Generic synonyms: Withdrawal
Derivative terms: Disinvest

Definition of Disinvestment

1. Noun. the process of disinvesting; negative investment. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Disinvestment

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disinvestment

disintoxication
disintricate
disintricated
disintricates
disintricating
disinure
disinured
disinures
disinvent
disinvented
disinvest
disinvested
disinvesting
disinvestiture
disinvestment (current term)
disinvestments
disinvests
disinvigorate
disinvigorated
disinvigorates
disinvigorating
disinvite
disinvited
disinvites
disinviting
disinvolve
disinvolved
disinvolves
disinvolving

Literary usage of Disinvestment

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Politicians and Apartheid: Trailing in the People's Wake by John Gardner (1997)
"An absolute majority of blacks opposed sanctions and disinvestment in 19 of the 21 surveys and, in one survey, more blacks opposed boycotts than supported ..."

2. U. S. Telecommunications Services in Europe (1993)
"The question of domestic disinvestment Assuming that investment by US telecommunications firms in physical modernization and in R&D is below that in Europe, ..."

3. Using Market Mechanisms to Manage Fisheries: Smoothing the Path by Bertrand Le Gallic, Anthony Cox (2006)
"The speed of fishing capital disinvestment depends on the associated cost and, ... The presence of unused capacity implies that capital disinvestment ..."

4. Oecd Glossaries Economics Glossary: Edition 2006-Glossaires de L'Ocde by Oecd (2006)
"... sub-diversification diversification anarchique [FIN] time diversification diversification temporelle [FIN] divestiture syn. disinvestment, disinvestment ..."

5. Race and Default in Credit Markets: A Colloquy edited by Michael A. Stegman (1996)
"Redlining and disinvestment as a Discriminatory Practice in Residential Mortgage ... Urban Housing disinvestment and Neighborhood Decline: A Case Study of ..."

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