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equity noun
eq·ui·ty | \ ˈe-kwə-tē
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plural equities
Definition of equity
1a : justice according to natural law or right specifically : freedom from bias or favoritism
b : something that is equitable
2a : the money value of a property or of an interest in a property in excess of claims or liens against it
b : the common stock of a corporation
c : a risk interest or ownership right in property
d : a right, claim, or interest existing or valid in equity
3a : a system of law originating in the English chancery and comprising a settled and formal body of legal and procedural rules and doctrines that supplement, aid, or override common and statute law and are designed to protect rights and enforce duties fixed by substantive law
b : trial or remedial justice under or by the rules and doctrines of equity
c : a body of legal doctrines and rules developed to enlarge, supplement, or override a narrow rigid system of law
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
detachment, disinterest, disinterestedness, evenhandedness, fair-mindedness, fairness, impartiality, justice, neutralism, neutrality, nonpartisanship, objectiveness, objectivity
Antonyms
bias, favor, favoritism, nonobjectivity, one-sidedness, partiality, partisanship, prejudice
Did you know?
Equity usually appears in courts of law as a term related to justice or proportional fairness, or in financial offices to property or one's share of a company. The derivative root of the noun, which gained stability in the English language during the 1300s, is Latin aequus, meaning "even," "fair," or "equal"; however, to be fair, it was introduced to English by the French, whose adaptation of the Latin was equité. The French word has clear legal connotations; it means "justice" or "rightness," and those meanings, plus a splash of "fairness," carried over to the English word equity. Noah Webster, himself a lawyer, notes the legal term equity of redemption in his 1828 dictionary defining it as "the advantage, allowed to a mortgager, of a reasonable time to redeem lands mortgaged, when the estate is of greater value than the sum for which it was mortgaged." This use led to the modern financial meanings of equity: "the value of a piece of property after any debts that remain to be paid are subtracted" and "a share in a company or of a company's stock."
Examples of equity in a Sentence
In making these decisions we should be governed by the principle of equity. We've been slowly paying off our mortgage and building up equity in our house.
Recent Examples on the Web Kathy Delaney-Smith has been at the forefront of fighting for women’s equity in sports since Title IX was first signed into law. — Jeneé Osterheldt, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2022 Yet, even with early success, Chasen remains grounded in his passion for bringing greater equity in education to the world. — Rod Berger, Forbes, 17 June 2022 DeBeatham-Brown raised concerns about the timing of each flag raising since June is half over and Town Manager Stanley D. Hawthorne assured that the flags would be flown with equity in mind. — Deidre Montague, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2022
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