disinvest

C2+ Topic:Business & Commerce

US /ˌdɪsɪnˈvɛst/ UK /ˌdɪsɪnˈvɛst/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to withdraw or reduce an investment in a company or sector

Several funds chose to disinvest from fossil-fuel firms last year.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to withdraw or reduce an... divest withdrawliquidatedisengagepull out

Opposites

investreinvestfund finance

Word family

Derived forms disinvestment

Related forms invest investment divest vest

Etymology

From dis- ('reversal') + invest; invest from Latin investire ('to clothe'), from in- ('in') + vestire ('to clothe'), from vestis ('garment'); financial sense via Italian investire.

investire Italian vestis Latin

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Topics

Business & Commerce

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# disinvest

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ˌdɪsɪnˈvɛst/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌdɪsɪnˈvɛst/

## Meanings
1. to withdraw or reduce an investment in a company or sector

## Examples
- Several funds chose to disinvest from fossil-fuel firms last year.

## Synonyms
- divest
- withdraw
- liquidate
- disengage
- pull out

## Antonyms
- invest
- reinvest
- fund
- finance

## Derived Forms
- disinvestment

## Related Forms
- invest
- investment
- divest
- vest

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: investire
- Root: vestis

## Etymology
From dis- ('reversal') + invest; invest from Latin investire ('to clothe'), from in- ('in') + vestire ('to clothe'), from vestis ('garment'); financial sense via Italian investire.

## AI Etymology
Disinvest comes from dis- ('reversal') + invest; invest from Latin investire ('to clothe'), from in- ('in') + vestire ('to clothe'), from vestis ('garment'); financial sense via Italian investire. The etymological trail includes Latin investire and Latin vestis. As a verb, disinvest means to withdraw or reduce an investment in a company or sector. The same family is visible in derived forms such as disinvestment and related forms such as invest, investment, divest, and vest. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history.

## Topics
- Business & Commerce

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