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disinvestment

disinvestment

2 7.8
Taking money out of companies for political or ethical reasons
  • noun
  • /ˌdɪsɪnˈvɛstmənt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : desinversión
  • The company announced a significant disinvestment in their outdated manufacturing plants to focus on greener technologies.
  • disinvestment campaign
  • economic disinvestment

And it was an oil and gas kind of disinvestment group.

Examples

  • The disinvestment in education reduces access, especially for women and girls.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The major black trade union federation COSATU supports disinvestment, but seeks to negotiate the terms of withdrawal in order to protect its members' interests.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Other companies have been less complete in their disinvestment.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Further disinvestment and withdrawal of capital threaten the success of this process.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Indeed, it seems clear that the short-term effects of the disinvestment that took place were beneficial to the South African economy.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Proposition 30 presents voters with the opportunity to begin reversing a decade of disinvestment in California.

    Blog text (25)

  • Black leaders, including most unions and the ANC, continued to advocate disinvestment and sanctions.

    Academic text (1992)

  • Moreover, the international anti-apartheid movement led to economic sanctions and disinvestment that deprived South Africa of foreign money and technology.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Researchers concerned with discrimination and redlining have used the HMDA data to document disinvestment patterns in the inner city.

    Academic text (1997)

  • After years of disinvestment, the community finally received funding to revitalize its infrastructure and local businesses.

Synonyms

withdrawal
vsdisinvestment
42 3.7

Taking money out of a bank account or investment

is a deliberate reduction of capital for economic, political, or ethical reasons
divestment
vsdisinvestment
  • Literature
3 6.0

Selling investments or parts of a company to stop owning them

reduces or pulls back capital for economic or political reasons

Antonyms

investment
∞ 3.2

Putting money, time, or effort into something to get a future benefit

reinfusion
7.0

Adding energy or money to help a group become stronger

How Much

divestment
  • Literature
3 6.0
disinvestment
  • Specialized
2 7.8
cutback
52 3.7

Surface Forms

disinvestment singular
disinvestments plural

Morphology

disinvestment = disinvest (transparent) = dis + invest + ment

This is a regular noun formed from the verb 'disinvest' with '-ment', meaning the act or process of disinvesting.

Etymology

The word disinvestment begins with dis- meaning 'remove' and includes invest (as in investment) meaning 'to put money into'. So disinvestment is like 'removing money', which explains why it means withdrawing or reducing funds from a company, industry, or country.