divestiture

di·ves·ti·ture

noun \dī-ˈves-tə-ˌchu̇r, -chər, də-, chiefly Southern -t(y)u̇(ə)r\

Definition of DIVESTITURE

1

: the act of divesting

2

: the compulsory transfer of title or disposal of interests (as stock in a corporation) upon government order

Examples of DIVESTITURE

1. Divestitures are used to break up monopolies.
2. Before divestiture, the telephone company monopolized the state.

Origin of DIVESTITURE

divest + -iture (as in investiture)

First Known Use: 1601

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Rhymes with DIVESTITURE

candidature, caricature, discomfiture, distemperature, entablature, entrepreneur, expenditure, imprimatur, investiture, literature, miniature, musculature, nomenclature, non sequitur