divestiture
英[daɪ'vestɪtʃə;dɪ-]
美[dɪ'vɛstɪtʃɚ]
- n. 脱衣；剥夺
英英释意
- 1. 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. the sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division