equity

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Etymology

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From Middle English equitee, equytee, from Old French equité, from Latin aequitās (uniformity; impartiality; fairness).

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Noun

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equity (countable and uncountable, plural equities)

  1. Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right".
    Antonyms: inequity, iniquity
  2. (finance) Various senses related to net value
    1. (law, finance) Value of property minus liens or other encumbrances.
      Hyponym: home equity
      I have a lot of equity in my house.
    2. (business) Ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business.
      Hyponyms: stock, shares
      • 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
        Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.
    3. (accounting) Ownership interest in a company as determined by subtracting liabilities from assets.
    4. (poker) A player's expected share of the pot.
  3. (nonstandard) Equality
    • 2020 July 22, Ben Bradley, “Low-income Families: Equity of Opportunity”, in parliamentary debates (House of Commons)‎[1], column 2139:
      What steps the Government are taking to help ensure equity of opportunity for people from low-income families.

Coordinate terms

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  • (in various financial and economic subsenses): debt
    • (as stock in a company): bonds

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