verb

disinvest

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Disinvest (verb) means to pull money out of something, or stop putting money into it.

verb

To pull money out of something, or stop putting money into it.

"“The institutions whose primary mission is teaching — the masters and community colleges and bachelors colleges, are slowly disinvesting in the teaching function,” Ms. Wellman said." — Kate Zernike, Students Covering Bigger Share of Costs of College (2009)

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