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Meaning of disinvest | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To reduce investment, or cease to invest.

also, figuratively, transitive

Equivalents

Español desinvertir

Examples

““The institutions whose primary mission is teaching — the masters and community colleges and bachelors colleges, are slowly disinvesting in the teaching function,” Ms. Wellman said.”
“If none of the first four response strategies is attractive or even feasible, the remaining alternative is to disinvest—that is, to withhold or withdraw resources from the business or to exit. This strategy involves shifting investments from a declining […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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