### assets:

Equity
* Equities are a long-term investment
  - also among the riskiest of all securities available to investors
  - essentially shares of stock
  - interest
  - located in buildings
  - stocks and represent ownership in the firms that issued the stocks
* Equities are the best hedge against inflation
  - largest investment in the aggregate portfolio of state and local pension plans
  - main components of growth portfolios
  - change with market movements
  - have no specific maturities
  - provide information on stock prices, earnings, dividend yield,etc
  - refer specifically to stock and stock mutual funds
  - still constitute only a small proportion of house-hold wealth
  - tend to do better in an inflationary environment
* also increases if the value of the home increases
  - key element for enabling small businesses to obtain credit financing
  - means making information available to parents in their dominant language
* can also mean capital or the net worth of an investment
  - increase in several ways
* central concept in pay systems generally
  - concern of leadership
* consideration that has tended to be neglected in the work of health economists.
* cushion to absorb losses.
* deals with the roles and fashions which are performed by women or by men.
* derivatives catchall phrase for a number of equity-related products.
* exists when the value of the asset exeeds it's secured debt.
* fosters the individual voice, investing women with confidence in their own authority.
* has a major influence in tax system design
  - to do with how that wealth is to be distributed in society
* implies a principle of stewardship by Governments and the community.
* is about making the invisible, visible.
* is about treating people fairly and impartially
* is also an important health care goal for national and provincial governments
  - issue in the allocation of funds
  - expectation
  - important element for legitimizing decisions and promoting cooperation
  - calculated as the value of all business assets minus all business liabilities
  - close kin to justice
  - fair market value minus the current indebtedness
  - fairness and equity is the cornerstone of law in civilized countries throughout the world
  - money received by the company in exchange for some portion of ownership
  - only meaningful in the context of a market
  - resale value
  - rooted in conscience
  - seen as equality, and equality is seen as sameness
  - something that has grown out of the human capacity to do wrong
  - sometimes a deal element
  - that which is fair to all
* is the actor's union
  - attainment of the same level of performance by all population groups
  - basic risk capital put up by members of the cooperative
  - bonus that keeps on giving
  - concern for fairness, i.e., that assessments are free from bias or favoritism
* is the difference between the assets and the liabilities
  - market value of a home and the amount owed on it
  - value of the property and what is owed on the property
  - dollar difference between the value of the property and the loan or lien against it
  - fairness of relationships between people, groups of people and generations of people
  - goal of fairness
  - governing body of professional actors across Canada
  - marked value of property less the amount of existing liens
  - most scarce form of capital financing in the Honduran financial market
  - owner's stake in the property
* is the ownership interest of the business enterprise
  - perception of fairness involved in rewards given
  - same as Net Worth
  - sum of paid-up capital, reserves and retained earnings
  - third form of market failure that justifies regulation
  - total value of what shareholders own within a company
  - value a home holds for the owner over what is owed on it
* is the value of an asset over and above the indebtedness against it
  - funds in the account adjusted for floating positions
  - the property beyond the total amount owed on it
  - what the organisation is worth
  - where the money raised gives the lender an ownership interest
* key dimension of effective curricula.
* leads to equality.
* means equal access to employment opportunities
  - fairness and a fair go for all
* measure that compares one group with another.
* proxy for the value of the shareholders' investment in an entity.
* raises increase a worker's wages to reflect the differences in years of service.
* refers to social justice.
* regards substance rather than form.
* secondary by-product of economically efficient markets.
* seeks mostly income by investing in companies with a consistent history of dividend payouts.
* statewide advocacy, services and information organization for women.
* very important issue related to technology.