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1. (n.) equity
the quality of being fair or impartial; fairness; justice.
2. equity
something that is fair and just.
3. equity
Law.
4. equity
the application of the dictates of conscience or the principles of natural justice to the settlement of controversies.
5. equity
(in England and the U.S.) a system of jurisprudence serving to supplement and remedy the limitations and inflexibility of common law.
6. equity
an equitable right or claim.
7. equity
the monetary value of a property or business beyond any amounts owed on it in mortgages, claims, liens, etc.
8. equity
the interest of the owner of common stock in a corporation.
9. equity
(in a margin account) the excess of the market value of the securities over any indebtedness.
10. equity
ownership, esp. when considered as the right to share in future profits or appreciation in value.
Etymology: (1275–1325; < L aequitās. See equi -, -ty2)
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| Definition of 'Equity' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) equity
the difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it
2. (noun) equity
the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation
3. (noun) fairness, equity
conformity with rules or standards
"the judge recognized the fairness of my claim"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Equity
equality of rights; natural justice or right; the giving, or desiring to give, to each man his due, according to reason, and the law of God to man; fairness in determination of conflicting claims; impartiality
2. (noun) Equity
an equitable claim; an equity of redemption; as, an equity to a settlement, or wife's equity, etc
3. (noun) Equity
a system of jurisprudence, supplemental to law, properly so called, and complemental of it
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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Equity
Simply a matter of the length of the judge's ears.
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Sense: fairness; justice.
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 Afrikaans: billikheid, onpartydighei |
 Arabic: إنْصاف، عَدالَه |
 Bulgarian: справедливост |
 Brazilian: equidade |
 Czech: spravedlnost |
 German: die Billigkeit |
 Danish: rimelighed; retfærdighed |
 Greek: δοκαιοσύνη, δίκαιο |
 Spanish: equidad |
 Estonian: õiglus |
 Farsi: انصاف؛ عدالت |
 Finnish: tasapuolisuus |
 French: équité |
 Hebrew: הַגִינוּת |
 Hindi: समान हिस्सा |
 Croatian: pravednost, pravda |
 Hungarian: jogosság |
 Indonesian: keadilan |
 Icelandic: sanngirni |
 Italian: equità |
 Japanese: 公正 |
 Korean: 공정 |
 Lithuanian: teisingumas, nešališkumas |
 Latvian: taisnīgums; objektivitāte |
 Malay: keadilan |
 Dutch: billijkheid |
 Norwegian: rettferdighet |
 Polish: sprawiedliwość |
 Persian: انصاف؛ عدالت |
 Pashto: انصاف، عدل، طبيعى حق، اخل |
 Portuguese: equidade |
 Romanian: echitate |
 Russian: справедливость |
 Slovak: spravodlivosť |
 Slovenian: pravica |
 Serbian: pravednost |
 Swedish: rättvisa |
 Thai: ความถูกต้อง |
 Turkish: adalet, insaf, hakkaniyet |
 Taiwanese: 公平 |
 Ukrainian: справедливість; неупередж |
 Urdu: منصفی |
 Vietnamese: tính công bằng |
 Chinese: 公平 |
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