disinvest

Definitions

To withdraw or reduce capital, investments, or assets from a business, project, or region.

To divest oneself of an interest or investment.

Examples

The company decided to disinvest from its underperforming overseas subsidiaries to focus on domestic growth.

Many ethical investors are choosing to disinvest from fossil fuel industries in response to the climate crisis.

Synonyms

divest liquidate sell off withdraw capital downsize offload assets

Antonyms

invest capitalize fund finance inject capital acquire assets