deacquisition

From de- +‎ acquisition.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdiːækwɪˈzɪʃən/

deacquisition (countable and uncountable, plural deacquisitions)

1. Deselection, weeding, getting rid of things previously acquired; often, selling them off.

   Antonym: acquisition

   Coordinate terms: deaccession (sometimes synonymous); demerger; deconglomeration; divestment; sell-off

   • 2009 June 23, Robin Pogrebin, “Institutions Try to Slow Bill to Curb Sales of Art”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Although the Board of Regents already has rules governing deacquisition by the cultural institutions it oversees, “these regulations go further,” James C. Dawson, chairman of the Regents’ cultural education committee, said.

deacquisition (third-person singular simple present deacquisitions, present participle deacquisitioning, simple past and past participle deacquisitioned)

1. Synonym of deaccession.

• acquisitioned