disinvest
verb
dis·in·vest
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disinvested;
disinvesting;
disinvests
Definition of disinvest
: to reduce or eliminate capital investment (as in an industry or area)
Examples of disinvest in a Sentence
Several companies have disinvested from the country to protest its human rights policies.
Recent Examples on the Web
Yes, because for one thing, more and more states are disinvesting in higher education at an alarming rate. — Sean Illing, Vox, "How corporate cash bought higher education," 14 Nov. 2018 Community gardens like this one were, researchers say, are key to stabilizing Philadelphia’s blighted and disinvested neighborhoods over the years and have even reduced violent crime. — Samantha Melamed, Philly.com, "Philly's urban gardeners are under siege from gentrification. Here's what they're doing about it," 16 Apr. 2018 Even if this bill passes, the fiscal pressures that have led states to disinvest from higher education aren’t going to go away. — Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, "This Democratic Senator Has a Plan to Make College Debt-Free for All," 25 Mar. 2018 But since the Florida shooting, the investment giant BlackRock has been exploring ways of letting its clients disinvest from gun companies, Bloomberg News reported. — Avi Selk, Washington Post, "NRA lashes out at boycott movement as United, Delta and other corporations cut ties," 25 Feb. 2018 The Parkland shooting and its negative publicity caused the investment giant BlackRock to explore ways of letting its clients disinvest from gun companies, Bloomberg News reported. — Avi Selk, Philly.com, "NRA responds to boycott movement after United and Delta cut ties," 24 Feb. 2018 The compact published a report on the state of college costs and affordability in June 2016 that showed Ohio had higher than average cost of attendance and that the state has disinvested in postsecondary education over the last 10 years. — Karen Farkas, cleveland.com, "Higher Education Compact of Greater Cleveland receives $40,000 grant," 11 Jan. 2018 But instead the administration is disinvesting to such a degree that the only logical outcome will be a decrease in enrollment and a skewing of the participant pool toward costlier, sicker people. — James Hamblin, The Atlantic, "The Ongoing, Quiet Repeal," 28 Sep. 2017 Lightsey spoke about how a case like this could undermine trust between disinvested communities and the police officers meant to protect them. — Samantha Melamed, Philly.com, "For juvenile lifer who killed policeman, 44 years to life," 27 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'disinvest.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for disinvest
disinvest
verb
English Language Learners Definition of disinvest
finance
: to take your money out of an area, industry, company, etc., by selling property, shares, or stock
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disinvest
intransitive verb
dis·in·vest
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Legal Definition of disinvest
1
: to reduce or eliminate capital investment (as in an industry or area)
2
: to give up an investment
insiders force the noncontrolling shareholders to…disinvest— R. C. Clark
: to cause to give up an investment
no one is being…disinvested or cashed out— R. C. Clark