The withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ By contrast, the Reagan administration pursued privatism as a strategy of urban disinvestment . ▪ Federal disinvestment posed a serious dilemma for distressed cities. ▪ Publicity surrounding organisations committed to ethical ...

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Disinvestment refers to the use of a concerted economic boycott to pressure a government, industry, or company towards a change in policy, or in the case of governments, even regime change. The term was first used in the 1980s, most commonly in the United ...

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n. the process of disinvest; negative investment.

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n. the withdrawal of capital from a country or corporation

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1938, first recorded in writings of J.M. Keynes, from dis- + investment . The verb disinvest in this sense is a back-formation attested from 1961. Related: Disinvested ; disinvesting .