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deinvest

deinvest verb: to withdraw one's investment. Divest (of which deinvest is a misspelling).

Verb

deinvest (third-person singular simple present deinvests, present participle deinvesting, simple past and past participle deinvested)

  1. To withdraw one's investment. Divest (of which deinvest is a misspelling).

Forms of deinvest

third-person singular presentdeinvests
present participledeinvesting
past participledeinvested
pastdeinvested

Origin of deinvest

From de- + invest.

Questions about deinvest

What does deinvest mean?
Deinvest means to withdraw one's investment. Divest (of which deinvest is a misspelling).
What part of speech is deinvest?
Deinvest is a verb.
What is the past tense of deinvest?
The past tense of deinvest is deinvested.

Words near deinvest in the dictionary

  1. deinternationalisation
  2. deinternationalise
  3. deinternationalization
  4. deinternationalize
  5. deintronization
  6. deinvest
  7. deinvested
  8. deinvesting
  9. deinvestment
  10. deinvests
  11. deiodase

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