Meaning

9 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right".

    Gerechtigkeit, Gleichheit, Fairness

    справедли́востьspravedlívostʹ, беспристра́стностьbespristrástnostʹ, беспристра́стиеbespristrástije

  2. Various related senses originating with the Court of Chancery in late Medieval England

    (countable, uncountable)The power of a court of law having extra-statutory discretion, to decide legal matters and to provide legal relief apart from, though not in violation of, the prevailing legal code; in some cases, a court "sitting in equity" may provide relief to a complainant should the code be found either inapplicable or insufficient to do so.

    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.

    Billigkeitsrecht

    пра́во справедли́востиprávo spravedlívosti

  3. (countable, uncountable)A right which accrues to a party in a transaction because of the nature of the transaction itself, and which is exercisable upon a change of circumstances or conditions; in other words, an equitable claim.

  4. (England, countable, uncountable)The body of law which was developed in the English Court of Chancery, which Court had extra-statutory discretion, and is now administered alongside the common law of Britain.

  5. Various senses related to net value

    (countable, uncountable)Value of property minus liens or other encumbrances.

    I have a lot of equity in my house.

    Aktienkapital

    the difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it

  6. (countable, uncountable)Ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business.

    Aktienkapital, Aktienanteil, Aktien

    капита́лkapitál, со́бственный капита́лsóbstvennyj kapitál, со́бственные сре́дстваsóbstvennyje srédstva

  7. (countable, uncountable)Ownership interest in a company as determined by subtracting liabilities from assets.

    Eigenkapital, Reinvermögen

    the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation

  8. (countable, uncountable)A player's expected share of the pot.

  9. (countable, nonstandard, uncountable)Equality

Examples

5 sentences
  1. It's an equity issue.

    deEs ist eine Frage der Fairness.

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  2. The company is open for equity participation by anybody.

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  3. They insist on equity in return for their investments.

    deSie bestehen darauf, im Gegenzug für ihre Investitionen Anteile zu erhalten.

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  4. The main shareholder holds twenty percent of the company's equity.

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  5. He was the oldest man present, and was celebrated among the villagers for the equity of his decisions.

    deEr war der älteste Mann, der zugegen war, und wurde von den Dorfbewohnern aufgrund der Gerechtigkeit seiner Entscheidungen gepriesen.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
justice, impartiality and fairness:
legal tradition:
ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
justice, impartiality and fairness:
legal tradition:
the value of property minus liens or other encumbrances:
ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business:
ownership interest in a company:

Origin

From Middle English equitee, equytee, from Old French equité, from Latin aequitās (“unifor

From Middle English equitee, equytee, from Old French equité, from Latin aequitās (“uniformity; impartiality; fairness”).

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