divestiture
NOUN
/dɪ'vɛstɪʧər/
11 LETTERS · 4 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH D
divestiture is a valid 11-letter word worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
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D2I1V4E1S1T1I1T1U1R1E1
2 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =15 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 30TRIPLE WORD → 45
MEANING
What does divestiture mean?
NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
An order to an offending party to rid itself of property; it has the purpose of depriving the defendant of the gains of wrongful behavior.
“the court found divestiture to be necessary in preventing a monopoly”
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2
The sale by a company of a product line or a subsidiary or a division.
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