equity

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right". countable,uncountable
    — Sufficeth what they in their graue wiſedoomes ſhall proſcribe, I in no ſorte will ſeeke to acquite, nor preſumptuouſly attempte to diſpute againſt the equity of their iudgementes, but humble and proſtrate appeale to their mercies.
  2. Various related senses originating with the Court of Chancery in late Medieval England; 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. countable,uncountable
    — 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.
  3. Various related senses originating with the Court of Chancery in late Medieval England; 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. countable,uncountable
    — ...the mortgagor retains ‘equitable title’ or the ‘equity of redemption’….The equity of redemption permits the mortgagor to regain legal title to the mortgaged property upon satisfying the conditions of the mortgage...
  4. Various related senses originating with the Court of Chancery in late Medieval 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. England,countable,uncountable
  5. Various senses related to net value; Value of property minus liens or other encumbrances. countable,uncountable
    — I have a lot of equity in my house.
  6. Various senses related to net value; Ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business. countable,uncountable
    — Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.
  7. Various senses related to net value; Ownership interest in a company as determined by subtracting liabilities from assets. countable,uncountable
  8. Various senses related to net value; A player's expected share of the pot. countable,uncountable
  9. Equality countable,nonstandard,uncountable
    — What steps the Government are taking to help ensure equity of opportunity for people from low-income families.

词形变化

equities plural æquity alternative,obsolete equitie alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

衍生词
brand equity court of equity dequity equitable equitize equity collar equity court equity fund equity language equitylike equity of redemption equity share fold equity guaranteed equity bond home equity jury equity negative equity nonequity non-equity owner's equity ownership equity private equity sweat equity unequity
相关词
equitable
并列词
debt

词源

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