divestment
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- Scrabble points
- 16
- Words With Friends
- 19
- Letters
- 10
/daɪˈvɛstmənt/
Definition of divestment
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(uncountable, usually)The sale or other disposal of some kind of asset.
“The fossil fuel divestment movement is calling on institutions to divest from the companies causing climate change.”
“The divestment movement against Big Carbon is gathering force. While it will never bankrupt the mega-corporations, it can reveal unethical practices while triggering a debate about values that recognizes that such practices are nested in economic systems that encourage, inhibit or even prohibit them.”
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Etymology
From divest + -ment.
Words you can make from divestment
200+ playable · top: MISEVENT (13 pts)
Best play misevent 13 points8-letter words
8 words7-letter words
21 words- DEVEINS 11 pts
- ENDIVES 11 pts
- EVIDENT 11 pts
- VIDETTE 11 pts
- DEMENTI 10 pts
- DEMENTS 10 pts
- EMITTED 10 pts
- MINDSET 10 pts
- MISTEND 10 pts
- SIDEMEN 10 pts
- TENSIVE 10 pts
- EMETINS 9 pts
- MITTENS 9 pts
- SMITTEN 9 pts
- DENTIST 8 pts
- DESTINE 8 pts
- DETENTS 8 pts
- DINETTE 8 pts
- DISTENT 8 pts
- ENDITES 8 pts
- STINTED 8 pts
6-letter words
50 words- DEVEIN 10 pts
- DEVEST 10 pts
- DEVISE 10 pts
- DIVEST 10 pts
- ENDIVE 10 pts
- ENVIED 10 pts
- EVITED 10 pts
- SIEVED 10 pts
- VEINED 10 pts
- VENTED 10 pts
- VESTED 10 pts
- VETTED 10 pts
- VISEED 10 pts
- DEMENT 9 pts
- DEMIES 9 pts
- DEMISE 9 pts
- DEMIST 9 pts
- DEMITS 9 pts
- DENIMS 9 pts
- EMENDS 9 pts
- ENVIES 9 pts
- EVENTS 9 pts
- EVITES 9 pts
- INVEST 9 pts
- ITEMED 9 pts
- MENSED 9 pts
- MINTED 9 pts
- MISTED 9 pts
- NIEVES 9 pts
- EMETIN 8 pts
- MITTEN 8 pts
- TITMEN 8 pts
- DENIES 7 pts
- DETENT 7 pts
- DETEST 7 pts
- DIENES 7 pts
- ENDITE 7 pts
- IDENTS 7 pts
- NESTED 7 pts
- NETTED 7 pts
- SEINED 7 pts
- TEINDS 7 pts
- TENSED 7 pts
- TENTED 7 pts
- TESTED 7 pts
- TINTED 7 pts
- SITTEN 6 pts
- TENESI 6 pts
- TENETS 6 pts
- TENTIE 6 pts
5-letter words
88 words- VIMEN 10 pts
- DEVIS 9 pts
- DIVES 9 pts
- VENDS 9 pts
- VINED 9 pts
- VISED 9 pts
- DEEMS 8 pts
- DEISM 8 pts
- DEMES 8 pts
- DEMIT 8 pts
- DENIM 8 pts
- DIMES 8 pts
- DISME 8 pts
- EMEND 8 pts
- EVENS 8 pts
- EVENT 8 pts
- EVITE 8 pts
- MEEDS 8 pts
- MENDS 8 pts
- METED 8 pts
- MIDST 8 pts
- MINDS 8 pts
- MINED 8 pts
- NEVES 8 pts
- NIEVE 8 pts
- SEVEN 8 pts
- SIEVE 8 pts
- TIMED 8 pts
- VEINS 8 pts
- VENTS 8 pts
- VINES 8 pts
- EMITS 7 pts
- ITEMS 7 pts
- MEETS 7 pts
- MENSE 7 pts
- MESNE 7 pts
- METES 7 pts
- METIS 7 pts
- MIENS 7 pts
- MINES 7 pts
- MINTS 7 pts
- MITES 7 pts
- MITTS 7 pts
- NEEMS 7 pts
- SEMEN 7 pts
- SMITE 7 pts
- STIME 7 pts
- TEEMS 7 pts
- TIMES 7 pts
- DEETS 6 pts
- DEIST 6 pts
- DENES 6 pts
- DENSE 6 pts
- DENTS 6 pts
- DIENE 6 pts
- DIETS 6 pts
- DINES 6 pts
- DINTS 6 pts
- DITES 6 pts
- EDITS 6 pts
- IDENT 6 pts
- NEEDS 6 pts
- NIDES 6 pts
- SITED 6 pts
- SNIDE 6 pts
- STEED 6 pts
- STIED 6 pts
- TEIND 6 pts
- TENDS 6 pts
- TIDES 6 pts
- TINED 6 pts
- INSET 5 pts
- NEIST 5 pts
- NETTS 5 pts
- NITES 5 pts
- SEINE 5 pts
- SENTE 5 pts
- SENTI 5 pts
- STEIN 5 pts
- STENT 5 pts
- STINT 5 pts
- TEENS 5 pts
- TEINS 5 pts
- TENET 5 pts
- TENSE 5 pts
- TENTS 5 pts
- TINES 5 pts
- TINTS 5 pts
4-letter words
32 words- DEVI 8 pts
- DEVS 8 pts
- DIVE 8 pts
- DEEM 7 pts
- DEME 7 pts
- DIME 7 pts
- DIMS 7 pts
- EVEN 7 pts
- EVES 7 pts
- IDEM 7 pts
- EMES 6 pts
- EMIT 6 pts
- ITEM 6 pts
- DEES 5 pts
- DEET 5 pts
- DENE 5 pts
- DENI 5 pts
- DENS 5 pts
- DENT 5 pts
- DESI 5 pts
- DIES 5 pts
- DIET 5 pts
- DINE 5 pts
- DINS 5 pts
- DINT 5 pts
- DITE 5 pts
- DITS 5 pts
- EDIT 5 pts
- EIDE 5 pts
- ENDS 5 pts
- IDES 5 pts
- ESNE 4 pts
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