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Meaning of horizontal divestiture | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The sale or disposal of a business unit or assets to a competing company that operates at the same level of the supply chain.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“No horizontal divestitures were required. The antitrust case itself seems to have slowed technological progress, and it did nothing to make the market any more competitive than it already was in the static sense.”

CEFR level

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

horizontal escalation horizontal gene transfer horizontal hostility horizontal hula horizontal integration horizontal jogging

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