to demerge
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- verb
- /dɪˈmɜrdʒ/
- Jargon
:
desagregar
- After years of operating as one entity, the firm chose to demerge into separate organizations, each with its own management.
Examples
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The company decided to demerge its divisions to focus on their individual strengths and markets.
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Merging it into the Daily Beast never made a huge amount of sense, and now it's being demerged; instead, its journalism will be supported by paid subscription and will be available through e-readers for both tablet and the web.
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The board approved the plan to demerge the subsidiaries, allowing each to pursue its own growth strategy.
Synonyms
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To break into parts or pieces
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To divide something into smaller parts
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To disconnect two things that are joined, often machine parts
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Disconnect parts that were joined so they work independently
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To separate something into smaller parts to study it
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To separate products or services sold together so each can be sold separately
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To cause people or groups to separate
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To separate people into different groups again after they mixed
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Separate things that are attached to each other
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To cut or separate something into parts, often by breaking it
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To separate parts so they are no longer connected
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To make a group that was together become divided
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Make something into new parts or groups again
To separate part of a company to make it an independent business
To divide something into parts again, for example a disk or land
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Etymology
Demerge comes from the parts de- meaning 'reverse' and merge meaning 'join'. So to demerge companies or groups is to 'undo' their joining and return them to separate parts.