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Definition of asset-stripping noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

asset-stripping

noun

/ˈæset strɪpɪŋ/

/ˈæset strɪpɪŋ/

[uncountable] (business, usually disapproving)

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the practice of buying a company that is in financial difficulties at a low price and then selling everything that it owns in order to make a profitTopics Moneyc2

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