Equities are shares in a company that are owned by people who have a right to vote at the company's meetings and to receive part of the company's profits after the holders of preference shares have been paid.
[business]
Investors have poured money into U.S. equities.
2. See also preference shares
equities in British English
(ˈɛkwɪtɪz)
plural noun
another name for ordinary shares
In other languages
equities
British English: equities NOUN
Equities are shares in a company that are owned by people who have a right to vote at the company's meetings and to receive part of the company's profits.
Investors have poured money into the country's equities.
American English: equities
Brazilian Portuguese: ações
Chinese: 普通股
European Spanish: valores
French: actions
German: Stammaktien
Italian: azioni ordinarie
Japanese: 普通株
Korean: 보통주
European Portuguese: ações
Latin American Spanish: valores
All related terms of 'equities'
equity
In finance , your equity is the sum of your assets , for example the value of your house , once your debts have been subtracted from it.
private equity
equity in a business that is raised from private sources, as opposed to shares that can be traded publicly
wife's equity
a wife's right to have provision made for her and her children out of her estate , without the aid of a court of equity , if her husband cannot obtain the funds
employment equity
a policy or programme designed to reserve jobs for people formerly disadvantaged under apartheid
negative equity
If someone who has borrowed money to buy a house or flat has negative equity , the amount of money they owe is greater than the present value of their home .