asset-stripping
noun [U] /ˈæs.etˌstrɪ.pɪŋ/ /-ɪt-/ disapprovingDefinition
› the activity in which a company buys an unsuccessful company cheaply and sells its assets separately at a profitFinancial investments and the stock market asset-stripper /ˈæs.etˌstrɪp.ər/ /-ɪt-/
/-ɚ/ noun [C]
/-ɚ/ noun [C] (Definition of asset-stripping noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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