verb
- past tense of demerge; to separate or divide a company or organization into independent parts after a previous merger or consolidation.
Usage: business/finance term; primarily British English
Examples
- The conglomerate demergered its telecommunications division last year.
- After the demergered companies went public, shareholders saw significant gains.
- The board decided to demerge the unprofitable subsidiary, and the demergered entity became independent.
- Several large corporations have demergered in recent years to focus on core business operations.
- The demergered pharmaceutical company now operates as a standalone firm.