Synonyms for divestiture
dɪˈvɛs tɪ tʃər, -ˌtʃʊər, daɪ-

Princeton's WordNet

1. divestiture(noun)

   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. divestiture(noun)

   the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division

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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. Matthew Cantor:

   If Cigna-Anthem craters, I wouldn’t be surprised to see the Justice Department agreeing to some kind of divestiture package.

2. Chief Executive Dave Hager:

   Proceeds for the entire divestiture program are well on their way to achieving our previously announced range of $ 2 billion to $ 3 billion in 2016.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Tim Dumois:

   If these companies cannot execute the divestiture(s) that gave investors' confidence on their future leverage profile, you would likely see less risk-tolerant investors trim or sell their positions.

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