- the quality of being impartial or reasonable; fairness
- an impartial or fair act, decision, etc
- a system of jurisprudence founded on principles of natural justice and fair conduct. It supplements the common law and mitigates its inflexibility, as by providing a remedy where none exists at law
- an equitable right or claim
- the interest of ordinary shareholders in a company
- the market value of a debtor's property in excess of all debts to which it is liable
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eq•ui•ty /ˈɛkwɪti/USA pronunciation
n., pl. -ties.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- [uncountable] the quality of being fair or impartial;
fairness. - Business, Lawthe monetary value of a property or business beyond any amounts that are owed on it: [uncountable]The landlord has more than $35,000 equity in that building.[countable]Since they paid off their mortgage, they now have an equity equal to the value of the house.
eq•ui•ty
(ek′wi tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties.
- the quality of being fair or impartial;
fairness;
impartiality:the equity of Solomon. - something that is fair and just.
- Law
- the application of the dictates of conscience or the principles of natural justice to the settlement of controversies.
- a system of jurisprudence or a body of doctrines and rules developed in England and followed in the U.S., serving to supplement and remedy the limitations and the inflexibility of the common law.
- an equitable right or claim.
- an equity of redemption.
- Business, Lawthe monetary value of a property or business beyond any amounts owed on it in mortgages, claims, liens, etc.
- Informal Termsownership, esp. when considered as the right to share in future profits or appreciation in value.
- Businessthe interest of the owner of common stock in a corporation.
- Business(in a margin account) the excess of the market value of the securities over any indebtedness.
- Show Business(cap.) See Actors' Equity Association.
- Latin aequitās. See equi-, -ty2
- Middle English equite 1275–1325
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equity /ˈɛkwɪtɪ/ n ( pl -ties)
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Equity /ˈɛkwɪtɪ/ n
- the actors' trade union
'equity' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
bootstrap
- chancery
- chargeable asset
- employment equity
- equitable
- equity capital
- equity-linked policy
- equity weighting
- gearing
- law
- legal
- negative equity
- PEP
- personal equity plan
- program trading
- Star Chamber
- statute law
- vice chancellor
- Actors' Equity Association
- adat
- -aea
- authorized capital
- capital structure
- chancellor
- common law
- consent decree
- court of equity
- court of law
- droitural
- equity conversion
- equity of redemption
- equity security
- equity stock
- growing-equity mortgage
- growth
- inequity
- margin
- orator
- plea
- prayer
- premise
- return on equity
- reverse annuity mortgage
- right
- rightly
- roe
- stockholders' equity
- sweat equity