What does Equity mean?
Definitions for Equity
ˈɛk wɪ tieq·ui·ty
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Equity.
Princeton's WordNet
equitynoun
the difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it
equitynoun
the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation
fairness, equitynoun
conformity with rules or standards
"the judge recognized the fairness of my claim"
Wiktionary
equitynoun
Ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business.
equitynoun
A legal tradition that deals with remedies other than monetary relief, such as injunctions, divorces and similar actions.
equitynoun
Value of property minus liens or other encumbrances.
equitynoun
Ownership interest in a company as determined by subtracting liabilities from assets.
equitynoun
Justice, impartiality or fairness.
Etymology: Attested in the 14th Century ; from equité, from aequitatem.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Equitynoun
Etymology: equite, French; æquitas, Latin.
Foul subornation is predominant,
And equity exil’d your highness’ land. William Shakespeare, Henry VI.Christianity secures both the private interests of men and the publick peace, enforcing all justice and equity. John Tillotson.
Liking their own somewhat better than other mens, even because they are their own, they must in equity allow us to be like unto them in this affection. Richard Hooker, b. iv. s. 13.
ChatGPT
equity
Equity generally refers to the quality of being fair, impartial, and just. It can also refer to the value of shares issued by a company or ownership interest in a property or business. Furthermore, in law, it signifies a branch of law that supplements common and statute law, aiming to achieve fairness and justice.
Webster Dictionary
Equitynoun
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
Equitynoun
an equitable claim; an equity of redemption; as, an equity to a settlement, or wife's equity, etc
Equitynoun
a system of jurisprudence, supplemental to law, properly so called, and complemental of it
Wikidata
Equity
In jurisdictions following the English common law tradition, equity is the set of legal principles that supplement strict rules of law where their application would operate harshly. In civil legal systems, broad "general clauses" allow judges to have similar leeway in applying the code. Equity is commonly said to "mitigate the rigor of common law", allowing courts to use their discretion and apply justice in accordance with natural law. In practice, modern equity is limited by substantive and procedural rules, and English and Australian legal writers tend to focus on technical aspects of equity. There are 12 "vague ethical statements", known as the Maxims of equity, that guide the application of equity, and an additional five can be added. As noted below, a historical criticism of equity as it developed was that it had no fixed rules of its own, with the Lord Chancellor occasionally judging in the main according to his own conscience. The rules of equity later lost much of their flexibility, and from the 17th century onwards equity was rapidly consolidated into a system of precedents much like its common-law cousin.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Equity
ek′wi-ti, n. right as founded on the laws of nature: moral justice, of which laws are the imperfect expression: the spirit of justice which enables us to interpret laws rightly: fairness.—adj. Eq′uitable, possessing or showing equity: held or exercised in equity.—n. Eq′uitableness.—adv. Eq′uitably. [Fr. equité—L. æquitas—æquus, equal.]
The Roycroft Dictionary
equity
Simply a matter of the length of the judge's ears.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Equity' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4495
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'Equity' in Nouns Frequency: #1706
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Equity in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Equity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of Equity in a Sentence
I think it will be a busy year for everyone in the industry, i expect to see a lot of restructuring and cost cutting work, debt for equity transactions, restructuring balance sheet type transactions, sales of assets, divestiture of non-key assets to further shore up (distressed miners') balance sheets.
In accordance with the completion of such preconditions, the planned debt-for-equity swap by creditors will be executed as planned.
The pressure is rising on China to devalue ... which would support China's equity but not help metal prices or UK-listed miners.
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Hesitancy is not an option, misinformation is not only simply harming those who believe it, but also those who don't. We must tackle each of these issues head-on : vaccine equity and misinformation. And if vaccine distribution moved half as quickly as misinformation, just imagine how many lives could be saved.
We are constantly faced with having to be the voice for equity on campus and we don't necessarily see that reflected within our administration or within our campus systems, i hope( Brown's lawsuit) forces both the administration and specifically Kenan Flagler Business School and other schools at this university to not only reflect how they are treating their Black students but what they can do better.
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- إنصافArabic
- справедливост, безпристрастие, нетен капиталBulgarian
- patrimoni netCatalan, Valencian
- spravedlnostCzech
- retfærdighed, friværdi, aktie, egenkapital, rimelighed, billighedsretDanish
- Unternehmensbeteiligungen, Billigkeit, Gleichheit, Aktienanteil, Eigenkapital, Aktienkapital, Billigkeitsrecht, Reinvermögen, Fairness, Aktien, GerechtigkeitGerman
- patrimonio neto, equidadSpanish
- انصافPersian
- oikeudenmukaisuus, oma pääomaFinnish
- solidarité, impartialité, actionFrench
- cothromas, cóirIrish
- արդարությունArmenian
- 純資産, 自己資本Japanese
- aequitasLatin
- mana tauriteMāori
- egenkapitalNorwegian
- aandeelDutch
- egenkapitalNorwegian Nynorsk
- aksjeNorwegian
- sprawiedliwośćPolish
- equanimidade, equidade, valor líquidoPortuguese
- nepărtinire, echitate, imparțialitateRomanian
- беспристра́стие, [[собственный, а́кция, беспристра́стность, [[пра́во]] [[справедливость, [[со́бственный]] [[капита́л]], справедли́вость, капита́лRussian
- eget kapitalSwedish
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