BDS stands for the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.
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Divestment
//daɪˈvɛstmənt//
Synonyms for "divestment" (43 found)
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Related words (21)
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20 translations across 14 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 撤資 /撤资 noun (sale of some kind of asset)
Finnish
1 entries- divestointi noun (sale of some kind of asset)
French
2 entries- désinvestissement noun (sale of some kind of asset)
- liquidation noun (sale of some kind of asset)
German
2 entries- Desinvestition noun (sale of some kind of asset)
- Desvestition noun (sale of some kind of asset)
Greek
4 entries- αποεπένδυση noun (sale of some kind of asset)
- εκποίηση noun (sale of some kind of asset)
- ἀποεπένδυσις noun (sale of some kind of asset)
- ἐκποίησις noun (sale of some kind of asset)
Indonesian
1 entries- divestasi noun (sale of some kind of asset)
Italian
1 entries- disinvestimento noun (sale of some kind of asset)
Japanese
1 entries- 剥奪 noun (sale of some kind of asset)
Korean
1 entries- 매각 noun (sale of some kind of asset)
Malay
2 entries- nyahlabur noun (sale of some kind of asset)
- pemberhentian pelaburan noun (sale of some kind of asset)
Middle English
1 entries- translatynge noun (sale of some kind of asset)
Russian
1 entries- дивести́ция noun (sale of some kind of asset)
Spanish
1 entries- desinversión noun (sale of some kind of asset)
Swedish
1 entries- avyttring noun (sale of some kind of asset)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
I get a divestment quarterly.
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The fossil fuel divestment movement is calling on institutions to divest from the companies causing climate change.
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The divestment movement against Big Carbon is gathering force. While it will never bankrupt the mega-corporations, it can reveal unethical practices while triggering a debate about values that recognizes that such practices are nested in economic systems that encourage, inhibit or even prohibit them.
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