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sweat equity

  1. hard work put into a house, business, etc. to increase its value
  2. the increased value so produced
sweat-equity definition

sweat·-equity (swet′ekwət ē)

adjective

Informal designating or of a kind of plan for renovating houses, neighborhoods, etc. in which houses are offered free or at low prices to persons promising to make the necessary repairs

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Modifies a noun

  • capital: Dhakka is the sweat equity capital of the laboring poor of south Asia!
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