Definition of 'disinvest'

Word Frequency

disinvest in British

(ˌdɪsɪnˈvɛst )

verb economics

1. (usually foll by in)

to remove investment (from)

2. (intransitive)

to reduce the capital stock of an economy or enterprise, as by not replacing obsolete machinery

Derived forms

disinvestment (ˌdisinˈvestment)

noun

Word Frequency

disinvest in Finance 1

(dɪsɪnvɛst)

Word forms: (present) disinvests, (past) disinvested, (perfect) disinvested, (progressive) disinvesting

verb

(Finance: Investment)

To disinvest in a company is to remove investment from it.

They use information from the financial statements in order to determine whether or not they are going to invest or disinvest in a company.

If we find good buyers for our non-core businesses at the right price, where employee interests are also protected, we would not hesitate to disinvest.

To disinvest in a company is to remove investment from it.

Word Frequency

disinvest in Finance 2

(dɪsɪnvɛst)

Word forms: (present) disinvests, (past) disinvested, (perfect) disinvested, (progressive) disinvesting

verb

(Finance: Corporate)

To disinvest is to reduce the capital stock of an economy or a company.

The area and buildings of the Management Development Center were part of the assets to be disinvested.

Our current policy is to disinvest, and obsolete machinery will not be replaced.

To disinvest is to reduce the capital stock of an economy or a company.

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Used Rarely. disinvest is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Definition of disinvest from the Collins English Dictionary

The verb be is used as an auxiliary verb and it can also be used as a main verb. See Types of main verb. The verb be is irregular. It has eight different forms: be, am, is, are, was, were, being, bee...