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Equity   /ˈɛkwəti/   Listen
Equity

noun
(pl. equities)
1.
The difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it.
2.
The ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation.
3.
Conformity with rules or standards.  Synonym: fairness.  Antonyms: unfairness, inequity.



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"Equity" Quotes from Famous Books



... the reported savings bank deposits. In the last twenty years life insurance assets have more than doubled in each decade, and are now increasing by about a quarter of a billion dollars every year.[7] These great funds, which in equity nearly all belong to the policyholders, form already approximately one thirtieth of all the private capital of the country. They are invested in many ways, in real estate, in loans secured by mortgages on real estate, in bonds—municipal, railroad, and industrial. The problem of wise legislation ...
— Modern Economic Problems - Economics Vol. II • Frank Albert Fetter

... hoisted the boat out to tow the Sloop about, and all the Sloop's men, being 18, got into her and Run ashore, bidding defiance to my people's fireing."—Admiralty Records 1. 1473—Capt. Bouler, H.M.S. Argyle, 18 Feb. 1725-6.] and common equity demanded that in their absence ample provision should be made for the safety of vessels suddenly disabled by the gang. This the Admiralty undertook to do, and hence there grew up that appendage to the impress afloat generally known as "men in lieu" ...
— The Press-Gang Afloat and Ashore • John R. Hutchinson

... his sacred and venerable habit, would clothe himself with piety, goodness, gentleness, long-suffering, charity, temperance, contempt of filthy lucre, and other godlike qualifications of his office; that the judge, at the time he puts on his ermined robes, would put on righteousness and equity as an upper garment, with an integrity of mind more white and spotless than the fairest ermine; that the grave physician, when he puts on his large perriwig, would put under it the knowledge of the human frame, of the virtues and effects of his medicines, ...
— The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew • Unknown

... dominant in some sectors, particularly power, public transport, and defense industries. The telecommunications sector is gradually being opened to competition. France's leaders remain committed to a capitalism in which they maintain social equity by means of laws, tax policies, and social spending that reduce income disparity and the impact of free markets on public health and welfare. The current government has lowered income taxes and introduced measures to boost employment, but has done ...
— The 2002 CIA World Factbook • US Government

... affair of the refraction shall be regulated in all equity and justice, by the magistrates of cities respectively, where it shall be judged that there is any room to ...
— The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 • J. F. Loubat


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