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. Chief Executive Greg Hayes:

   We're done shrinking UTC with the completion of this divestiture.

2. Joseph Simons:

   If they're maintaining separate business structures and infrastructure, it's much easier to have a divestiture in that circumstance than in where they're completely enmeshed and all the eggs are scrambled.

3. John Flannery:

   We don't feel the need to do a major acquisition or divestiture and I don't want the business distracted from growing earnings, we have five years plus of not growing earnings. We're not going to be a party to that anymore.

4. Keith Davis:

   My sense is that investors believe that a more engaged CEO will be more inclined to execute value-creating transactions, including the possible divestiture of Sikorsky.

5. Chief Executive Greg Hayes:

   We’re done shrinking UTC with the completion of this divestiture.