divest (v)
disinvest (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 40
def reduce or dispose of
def cease to hold (an investment)
examples The company decided to divest
the board of trustees divested $20 million in real estate property
There was pressure on the university to disinvest in South Africa
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Frame - 22 Somebody ----s PP
Outgoing links
Hypernym withdraw, draw, take out, draw off
Derivationally related form disinvest → disinvestment
Derivationally related form divest → divestiture
Antonym divest → invest
Incoming links
Derivationally related form disinvestment → disinvest
Derivationally related form divestiture → divest
Antonym invest → divest
Hyponym withdraw, draw, take out, draw off

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