Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

horizontal divestiture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables: hor-i-zon-tal -di-vesti-ture
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

7

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The sale or disposal of a business unit or assets to a competing company that operates at the same level of the supply chain.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"No horizontal divestitures were required. The antitrust case itself seems to have slowed technological progress, and it did nothing to make the market any more competitive than it already was in the static sense."

Usage

Inflected Forms

horizontal divestitures (plural)

Questions

What does horizontal divestiture mean?: The sale or disposal of a business unit or assets to a competing company that operates at the same level of the supply chain.

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