Definitions for Equity

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Equity eq·ui·ty

Spelling: [ek-wi-tee]

IPA: /ˈɛk wɪ ti/

Equity is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 51 anagrams from letters in Equity (eiqtuy).

Definitions for Equity

noun

1. the quality of being fair or impartial; fairness; impartiality: Synonyms: disinterest, equitableness, impartiality, fair-mindedness, fairness, justness, evenhandedness, objectivity; justice, probity. Antonyms: bias, discrimination, inequity, injustice, partiality, partisanship, prejudice, unfairness, unreasonableness; injustice.
2. something that is fair and just:
3. Law. Also called chancery. the application of the dictates of conscience or the principles of natural justice to the settlement of controversies. Also called chancery. a system of jurisprudence or a body of doctrines and rules developed in England and followed in the U.S., serving to supplement and remedy the limitations and the inflexibility of the common law. an equitable or legally valid right or claim. equity of redemption.
4. the monetary value of a property or business beyond any amounts owed on it in mortgages, claims, liens, etc.:
5. Informal. ownership, especially when considered as the right to share in future profits or appreciation in value.
6. the interest of the owner of common stock in a corporation.
7. (in a margin account) the excess of the market value of the securities over any indebtedness.
8. (initial capital letter) Actors' Equity Association.

Origin of Equity

1275-1325; Middle English equite Latin aequitās. See equi-, -ty²

Examples for Equity

And he asked that he might be assisted in the name both of equity and compassion.

But it seems there was another "Joe Lane" in equity, so the young actor had to make a quick decision.

For the rest, abuses can be corrected by equity; and equity, if it is not found in the enlightened, is not to be found at all.

It was like getting a private hint from the Chancellor about a cause in equity.

Social change, justice, equity, and low-impact lifestyles matter little to them.

Today, I run a China-focused equity research firm based in New York, called JL Warren Capital.

Indeed, as an equity lawyer he stands at the head of the profession.

For equity and indulgence are infractions of the perfect and strict rule of justice.

To purchase this equity interest, Usmanov needed $319 million.

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