Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun   An obsolete form of divestiture. Boyle .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Divestiture.
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- noun   Obsolete form of divestiture .
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Examples
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								Calls for divesture, boycotts and war-crime trials increased and criticism of Arafat diminished. The Palestinian's tactics and "proportionality" Not a sheep 2009 
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								For Hitachi President Hiroaki Nakanishi , the divesture is especially important for his credibility with investors. Hitachi Disk-Drive Deal Marks Streamlining Daisuke Wakabayashi 2011 
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								Mr. Campbell on Thursday called a potential divesture "completely off the table." 
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								The sale was part of Shell ' s portfolio-restructuring efforts, which include the divesture of $7 billion to $8 billion in assets in 2010 and 2011. Shell Seeks to Sell Texas Gas Fields Anupreeta Das 2010 
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								One could argue that men's divesture from hosiery parallels women's wise shunning of pantyhose. Ermenegildo Zegna menswear celebrates 100 years of subtlety 2010 
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								(USA Today) Does that make mine the "lost generation" since we may lead the way to a generational divesture out of the stock market? 
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								It is extremely rare and is often modeled under a divesture system whereby the government transfers the water business to the private sector. Water governance 2008 
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								Many of these companies have extended their market share by purchasing the former assets of Enel: subsequent to the Enel divesture in 2000 discussed above, Endesa Italia purchased Elettrogen; Edison purchased Eurogen; and a consortium of Belgium's Electrabel, Italy's Acea, and Italy's Energia Italia purchased Interpower, rebranding it Tirreno Power. 
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								In developing countries divesture accounted for only 8 percent of all worldwide private participation from 1990-2001, and accounted for a total of 16 projects during the same period. Water governance 2008 
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								A divesture of Citgo will serve as a "canary" foretelling wholesale expropriations of private assets in Venezuela. 
qroqqa commented on the word divesture
little-used synonym of 'divestiture'
September 11, 2008