equity

IPA: ˈɛkwʌti

Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right".
(law) Various related senses originating with the Court of Chancery in late Medieval England
(law) 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.
(law) 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.
(law, England) 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.
(finance) Various senses related to net value
(law, finance) Value of property minus liens or other encumbrances.
(business) Ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business.
(accounting) Ownership interest in a company as determined by subtracting liabilities from assets.
(poker) A player's expected share of the pot.
(nonstandard) Equality

Examples of "equity" in Sentences

It just changes who the liability "equity" is payable to.
The equity is also resting on long-term support at its 20-month trendline.
I am a passionate supporter of that style of feminism, which I call equity feminism.
Kendall resisted, and sought what he called equity by placing his case before the London company.
I bought by house four years ago with 5% down, and I think my equity is about equal to the brokerage fee.
This is what we call equity; people regard it as just; it is, in fact, the sort of justice which goes beyond the written law.
But, an increase in equity is of little value to a homeowner, unless the homeowner decides to convert that equity to cash by selling the property (or using it as loan collateral).
Enel Chief Executive Fulvio Conti previously said he expects to raise at least € 3 billion, tallying with analyst estimates that Enel Green Power's equity is worth roughly € 9 billion.
Major Abbot said, "people err greatly in reference to my court -- some think it is a court of law -- _but it is not a court of law_; some think it is a court of equity -- _but it is not a court of equity_.
Rather, it will present a detailed account of the events that day, showing that a confluence of factors led to the plunge that wiped out roughly $862 billion in equity-market value in less than 20 minutes.