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equi·ty (ek′wit ē)
noun pl. equities -·ties
- fairness; impartiality; justice
- anything that is fair or equitable
- ☆ the value of property beyond the total amount owed on it in mortgages, liens, etc.
- Accounting, Finance
- assets minus liabilities; net worth; capital
- that portion of a company's net worth belonging to its owners or shareholders shareholders' equity
- shares of stock bonds and equities
- Law
- resort to general principles of fairness and justice whenever existing law is inadequate
- a system of rules and doctrines, as in the U.S., supplementing common and statute law and superseding such law when it proves inadequate for just settlement
- a right or claim recognized in a court of equity
- equity of redemption
Etymology: ME equite < OFr équité < L aequitas, equality < aequus: see equal
adjective
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Alternate definitions:
equity
n.
Net value of property
investment, assets, stake, ownership; see property 1.Fairness
impartiality, justice, evenhandedness; see equality, fairness.
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Converse of object
- release: Releasing equity from your property through an equity release scheme will reduce its value for inheritance tax purposes.
Preposition: as
- collateral: I don't consider the ability to take out massive loans with the equity as collateral makes me richer, just much more indebted.
Adjective modifier
- negative: The only thing worse than having negative equity on your house is having negative equity on two houses!
Modifies a noun
- loan: Online lenders are offering home equity loans with the lowest interest rates in years.
Noun used with modifier
- gender: Gender equity has yet to be brought into the birth chamber.
Preposition: of
- redemption: Protection of the mortgagor's equity of redemption ( including the doctrine of ' clogs and fetters ' ).
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La premie' re e¤ galite¤ , c'est l'e¤ quite¤ . The first equality is equity.
To promote a woman to bear rule, superiority, dominion, or empire above any realm, nation, or city, is repugnant to nature, contumely to God, a thing most contrarious to his revealed will and approved ordinance; and, finally, it isthe subversion of good order, of all equityand justice.
During my tenure of power, myearnest wish has beento impress the people of this country with a belief that the legislature was animated bya sincere desire to frame its legislation upon the principles of equity and justice Deprive me of power tomorrow, but you can never deprive me of the consciousness that I have exercised the powers committed to me from no corrupt or interested motives, from no desire to gratifyambition, or to attain any personal object.
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