The Board of Trustees voted to divest the organization's overseas holdings.
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Divest
Synonyms for "divest" (78 found)
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31 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- лишавам verb (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something)
- отнемам verb (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something)
Catalan
2 entries- desposseir verb (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something)
- privar verb (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 剝奪 /剥夺 verb (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something)
Czech
2 entries- zbavit verb (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something)
- zbavit se verb (to sell off)
Finnish
4 entries- luopua verb (to sell off)
- myydä pois verb (to sell off)
- ottaa verb (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something)
- riistää verb (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something)
Friulian
1 entries- dispoiâ verb (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something)
German
2 entries- berauben verb (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something)
- entziehen verb (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something)
Hungarian
4 entries- elad verb (to sell off)
- elárusít verb (to sell off)
- kiárusít verb (to sell off)
- megfoszt verb (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something)
Italian
2 entries- disinvestire verb (to sell off)
- spogliare verb (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something)
Japanese
1 entries- 奪う verb (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something)
Russian
4 entries- лиша́ть verb (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something)
- лиши́ть verb (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something)
- отнима́ть verb (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something)
- отня́ть verb (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something)
Sicilian
2 entries- sbìnniri verb (to sell off)
- spugghiari verb (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something)
Spanish
3 entries- liquidar verb (to sell off)
- privar verb (to strip, deprive, or dispossess of something)
- vender verb (to sell off)
Sample sentences
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Many farmers had to divest themselves of stock during the drought to save on feeding costs.
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The California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) decided not to divest from retailers that sell guns, but said it would use its financial clout to pressure retailers on their gun policies.
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The company plans to divest its non-core assets.
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