equity

noun

/ˈekwəti/

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[uncountable] (finance) the value of a company’s shares
- He plans to raise the company’s return on equity to 15%.
see also private equity
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- asset
- bond
- capital
- dividend
- equity
- fund
- interest
- invest
- portfolio
- share
[uncountable] the value of a property after all charges and debts have been paid
- The couple have no savings except for the equity in their house.
see also negative equityTopics Moneyc2
equities
[plural] (finance) shares in a company that do not pay a fixed amount of interestTopics Moneyc2
[uncountable] (formal) a situation in which everyone is treated equally synonym fairness
- a society where justice and equity prevail
opposite inequity see also employment equity
[uncountable] (law, especially British English) a system of natural justice allowing a fair judgement in a situation which is not covered by the existing laws
- The rules of common law and equity are both, in essence, systems of private law.
Topics Law and justicec2

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French equité, from Latin aequitas, from aequus ‘equal’.

单词	equity
释义	equity noun /ˈekwəti/ /ˈekwəti/ jump to other results [uncountable] (finance) the value of a company’s shares He plans to raise the company’s return on equity to 15%. see also private equity Wordfinder asset bond capital dividend equity fund interest invest portfolio share [uncountable] the value of a property after all charges and debts have been paid The couple have no savings except for the equity in their house. see also negative equityTopics Moneyc2 equities [plural] (finance) shares in a company that do not pay a fixed amount of interestTopics Moneyc2 [uncountable] (formal) a situation in which everyone is treated equally synonym fairness a society where justice and equity prevail opposite inequity see also employment equity [uncountable] (law, especially British English) a system of natural justice allowing a fair judgement in a situation which is not covered by the existing laws The rules of common law and equity are both, in essence, systems of private law. Topics Law and justicec2 Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French equité, from Latin aequitas, from aequus ‘equal’. Equity noun /ˈekwəti/ /ˈekwəti/ [uncountable] jump to other results the trade union for actors in the UK, the US and some other countries
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