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asset-stripping

asset-stripping noun: the practice of selling off a company's assets in order to improve returns for equity investors. Also the present participle and gerund of asset-strip.

Noun

asset-stripping (uncountable)

  1. The practice of selling off a company's assets in order to improve returns for equity investors.

Also used as

asset-stripping is also the present participle and gerund of asset-strip.

Questions about asset-stripping

What does asset-stripping mean?
Asset-stripping means the practice of selling off a company's assets in order to improve returns for equity investors.
What part of speech is asset-stripping?
Asset-stripping is a noun.

Words near asset-stripping in the dictionary

  1. asset-backed commercial paper
  2. asset-backed commercial papers
  3. asset-backed security
  4. asset-strip
  5. asset-stripped
  6. asset-stripping
  7. asset-strips
  8. assetization
  9. assetize
  10. assetized
  11. assetizes

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