equity has definitions from the field of business
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[ noun ] (business) the difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it

Used in print

(U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)

It argued , inter_alia , that a divestiture order would severely depress the market_value of the stock of both General_Motors and du_Pont , with consequent serious loss and hardship to hundreds of thousands of innocent investors , among them thousands of small trusts and charitable institutions ; that there would be a similar decline in the market_values of other automotive and chemical stocks , with similar losses to the stockholders of those companies ; that the tremendous volume of General_Motors stock hanging over the market for ten years would hamper the efforts of General_Motors and other automobile manufacturers to raise equity capital ; and that all this would have a serious adverse effect on the entire stock_market and on general business_activity .

Related terms

asset assets

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[ noun ] (business) the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation

Related terms

interest sweat_equity

3
[ noun ] conformity with rules or standards

Synonyms

fairness

Examples

"the judge recognized the fairness of my claim"

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