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horizontal divestitures

horizontal divestitures is the plural of horizontal divestiture.

Meaning of horizontal divestiture

Noun

horizontal divestiture (countable and uncountable, plural horizontal divestitures)

  1. The sale or disposal of a business unit or assets to a competing company that operates at the same level of the supply chain.
    • 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.1982, Yale Brozen, George Bittlingmayer, Concentration, Mergers, and Public Policy, page 402

Questions about horizontal divestitures

What is horizontal divestitures the plural of?
Horizontal divestitures is the plural of horizontal divestiture.

Words near horizontal divestitures in the dictionary

  1. horizontal bar
  2. horizontal bars
  3. horizontal categorification
  4. horizontal dancing
  5. horizontal divestiture
  6. horizontal divestitures
  7. horizontal escalation
  8. horizontal extension
  9. horizontal gene transfer
  10. horizontal gene transfers
  11. horizontal hostility

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