equity

English

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Alternative forms

• æquity (archaic)

Etymology

Attested in the 14th Century CE; from Old French equité, from Latin aequitatem (“conformity”, “evenness”, “fairness”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ˈɛk.wɪ.ti/

Noun

equity (countable and uncountable; plural equities)

1. Ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business.
2. (law) A legal tradition that deals with remedies other than monetary relief, such as injunctions, divorces and similar actions.
3. (law) Value of property minus liens or other encumbrances.
4. (accounting) Ownership interest in a company as determined by subtracting liabilities from assets.
5. Justice, impartiality or fairness.

Translations

ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business

• Danish: aktie (da) c
• Dutch: aandeel (nl)
• Finnish: pääoma, oma pääoma

• French: action (fr) f
• Norwegian: aksje (no) m

a legal tradition that deals with remedies other than monetary relief

• Danish: billighedsret (da) c

• Irish: cothromas (ga) m

the value of property minus liens or other encumbrances

• Bulgarian: нетен капитал (bg) (neten kapital) m

• Danish: friværdi (da) c
• Portuguese: valor líquido (pt)

the ownership interest in a company as determined by subtracting liabilities from assets

• Bulgarian: нетен капитал (bg) (neten kapital)
• Danish: egenkapital (da) c
• German: Eigenkapital (de) n
• Japanese: 自己資本 (ja) (じこしほん, jiko-shihon), 純資産 (ja) (じゅんしさん, jun-shisan)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: egenkapital (nb) m

  Nynorsk: egenkapital (nn) m

• Swedish: eget kapital (sv) n

justice, impartiality and fairness

• Armenian: արդարություն (hy) (ardarut’yun)
• Bulgarian: справедливост (bg) (spravedlivost) f, безпристрастие (bg) (bezpristrastie) n
• Czech: spravedlnost (cs) f
• Danish: rimelighed (da) c, retfærdighed (da) c
• Finnish: oikeudenmukaisuus (fi)

• French: impartialité (fr) f, solidarité (fr) f
• German: Gerechtigkeit (de) f
• Irish: cóir (ga) f
• Portuguese: eqüidade (pt) f, equanimidade (pt) f
• Romanian: imparțialitate (ro) f, echitate (ro), nepărtinire (ro) f
• Spanish: equidad (es) f

References

• “equity” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).