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sweat equity definition

☆ 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′ek′wət 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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