divest
Shed holdings entirely
To divest is to strip away or rid of something.
You can divest yourself of clothing, possessions, or responsibilities: She divested herself of all her jewelry before the swim.
In business, divest means to sell off assets or subsidiary companies: The corporation divested its media holdings.
The opposite of invest, divest often implies shedding what has become burdensome or unwanted.
Remove worn garments
Narrow elongated piece
- depriveTo withhold or remove
- expropriateSeize for state use
- confiscateSeize by authority
- seizeTake suddenly, forcibly
bereave · oust · evict · repossess · foreclose · nationalize · commandeer · annex
Cease resistance, yield
- abandonLeave behind permanently
- cedeFormally surrender possession
- renounceFormally give up
- yieldProduce or relinquish
forfeit · waive · abdicate · release · transfer · concede · disown · forsake
Convert assets to currency
- sell-offRapid mass divestiture
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- bondsTies that unite
securities · equities · shares · assets · holdings · capital · withdrawal · exit
disrobe
Remove worn garments
doff · shed · peel · uncover · denude · expose · remove · unveil
strip
Narrow elongated piece
- depriveTo withhold or remove
- expropriateSeize for state use
- confiscateSeize by authority
seize · bereave · oust · evict · repossess · foreclose · nationalize · commandeer · annex · usurp
surrender
Cease resistance, yield
yield · forfeit · waive · abdicate · release · transfer · concede · disown · forsake · resign
liquidate
Convert assets to currency
bonds · securities · equities · shares · assets · holdings · capital · withdrawal · exit · spinoff
free
Without payment or restriction
release · disentangle · extricate · shed · emancipate · unfetter · purge · cleanse · detach · unshackle
declutter
Remove unnecessary items
- downsizeReduce scale or staff
- streamlineRemove unnecessary elements
- minimizeReduce to smallest extent
pare · reduce · trim · prune · shed · lighten · essentialize · cut-back
- getting rid ofunload, disposal, dump, shed, offloading
- reorganizationreorganize, restructure, reshuffle, rearrange, realign
- emptyingempty, drain, pump out, clean out, clear out
- removeremove, peel, strip, scrape, take off
- Business Strategiesexpand, diversify, outsource, merge, restructure
- tradingbid, buy, ask, sell, trading