equity

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right".
2. (countable, uncountable) Various related senses originating with the Court of Chancery in late Medieval England
3. (countable, uncountable) Various related senses originating with the Court of Chancery in late Medieval England
4. (England, countable, uncountable) Various related senses originating with the Court of Chancery in late Medieval England
5. (countable, uncountable) Various senses related to net value
6. (countable, uncountable) Various senses related to net value
7. (countable, uncountable) Various senses related to net value
8. (countable, uncountable) Various senses related to net value
9. (countable, nonstandard, uncountable) Equality

Opposite of

inequity, iniquity

Synonyms

justice

fairness

impartiality

shareholders’ equity

equality

stock

equity security

share

equity capital

equity law

propriety

candor

righteousness

holdings

honesty

indulgence

interest

judicature

justness

law

lenience

lenity

margin

net asset value

net worth

objectivity

reasonableness

rectitude

redress

right

rightness

truthfulness

uprightness

equality of opportunity

equal opportunity

ordinary share

personal check

cashier’s check

validity

owner equity

stockholder equity

state of balance

equitability

net asset

balance

evenhood

candour

clemency

common stock

condo

Translations

équité

Eigenkapital

equidad

capitaux propres

giustizia

Fairness

Gerechtigkeit

justiça

impartialité

equitat

Billigkeit

Reinvermögen

Unvoreingenommenheit

action

Unbefangenheit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛk.wɪ.ti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: equitee

In summary

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

Sentences

For that , we honor Actors' Equity tonight .