equity
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: accounting
business
card-games
finance
law
poker
Etymology: From Middle English equitee, equytee, from Old French equité, from Latin aequitās (“uniformity; impartiality; fairness”).
Inflected forms:
form: equities
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: æquity
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: equitie
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right".
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Sufficeth what they in their graue wiſedoomes ſhall proſcribe, I in no ſorte will ſeeke to acquite, nor preſumptuouſly attempte to diſpute againſt the equity of their iudgementes, but humble and proſtrate appeale to their mercies.
“One of the staff said, ‘That’s fine, Delia. But what do wolves have to do with equity, justice and inclusion?’" Ms. Malone said.
gloss: Various related senses originating with the Court of Chancery in late Medieval England
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: 1800, Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon in Mayor, &c. of Southampton v. Graves (1800), 8 T. R. 592.
A Court of equity knows its own province.
A Court of equity interposes only according to conscience.
Equity had been gradually shaping itself into a refined science which no human faculties could master without long and intense application.
gloss: Various related senses originating with the Court of Chancery in late Medieval England
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: ...the mortgagor retains ‘equitable title’ or the ‘equity of redemption’….The equity of redemption permits the mortgagor to regain legal title to the mortgaged property upon satisfying the conditions of the mortgage...
The wife's equity does not, according to the adjudged cases, attach, except upon that part of her personal property in action which the husband cannot acquire without the assistance of a court of equity
gloss: Various related senses originating with the Court of Chancery in late Medieval England
pos: noun
tags: England
countable
uncountable
gloss: Various senses related to net value
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: I have a lot of equity in my house.
gloss: Various senses related to net value
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.
gloss: Various senses related to net value
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Various senses related to net value
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: Equality
pos: noun
tags: countable
nonstandard
uncountable
examples: What steps the Government are taking to help ensure equity of opportunity for people from low-income families.
Related words: equitable
Derived words: brand equity
court of equity
dequity
equitable
equitize
equity collar
equity court
equity fund
equity language
equitylike
equity of redemption
equity share
fold equity
guaranteed equity bond
home equity
jury equity
negative equity
nonequity
non-equity
owner's equity
ownership equity
private equity
sweat equity
unequity
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