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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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