equity
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5.4
- noun
- /ˈɛkwɪti/
- Specialized
:
patrimonio neto
- Would you like to lower your monthly mortgage payments or use the equity in your home to consolidate your credit card or other debts?
- private equity
- equity investment
- invest in equities
That's how you make instant equity in retail.
- That's how you make instant equity in retail.
- So that's how it works with stocks and equities, with cryptocurrency.
- The investors have no equity in this deal at all.
- Obviously good equities are one of the options.
- Well, I'm always vested in stocks, equities and real estate.
- They want to know, is my equity safe?
- And that's stocks and equity and other high risk assets.
- But more importantly, you now have equity, which means you can borrow money.
- So that that got me a lot of equity within the city.
- So, so that's changed the, the, the equity landscape a lot.
- So, you know, you've got private equity strategic partner, you know, IPO.
Examples
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We could sell a share of equity through a public stock offering.
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Get a home equity loan, start looking into real estate.
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The investors have no equity in this deal at all.
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Well, you have equity in your home, right?
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My clients are selling for four, leaving half a million in equity.
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We insist on management having an equity stake in the business.
Academic text (1999) -
I cashed in my equity to build this new life for us.
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Under this agreement, each company holds an equity stake, with Conoco holding a majority position.
Academic text (1999) -
Many of Lindholm's customers own equity in Minnesota Corn Processors, a farmer-owned co-op.
Academic text (1999) -
You can improve your financial situation by increasing the equity in your home over time.
Synonyms
∞
3.5
A part of a company that people buy and sell
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2.5
The legal right to have and control something like a house
The amount of value the owner has in a business after debts are paid
Compounds
- Specialized
6
3.7
A loan that uses the value of your house to get money for big expenses
- Specialized
A loan that uses the value of your home as security for big costs
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
equity = equal (opaque) = equit + ity
Although historically related to 'equal,' the financial sense ('value or ownership after debts') is a specialised legal/financial meaning not directly inferable from 'equal' by an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Equity comes from the Latin words aequitas and aequus, which mean 'equal' or 'fair'. Long ago it meant a 'fair share', so in money and property it now means the part that really belongs to you after debts are taken away.