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equity

noun
🔊/ˈekwəti/
🔊/ˈekwəti/
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  1. [uncountable] (finance金融) the value of a company’s shares （公司的）股本；资产净值
    • He plans to raise the company’s return on equity to 15%.他计划将公司的股本回报率提高到15％。
    see also private equity
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  2. [uncountable] the value of a property after all charges and debts have been paid（公司的）股本；资产净值
    • The couple have no savings except for the equity in their house.这对夫妇除了房子里的股份外没有任何积蓄。
    see also negative equityTopics Moneyc2
  3. equities
     [plural] (finance金融) shares in a company that do not pay a fixed amount of interest（公司的）普通股Topics Moneyc2
  4. [uncountable] (formal) a situation in which everyone is treated equally 公平；公正synonym fairness
    • a society where justice and equity prevail正义与公平占上风的社会
    opposite inequity see also employment equity
  5. [uncountable] (law法律, especially British English) a system of natural justice allowing a fair judgement in a situation which is not covered by the existing laws衡平法
    • The rules of common law and equity are both, in essence, systems of private law.普通法和衡平法则实质上都是私法体系。
    Topics Law and justicec2
    6. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French equité, from Latin aequitas, from aequus ‘equal’.

Equity

noun
🔊/ˈekwəti/
🔊/ˈekwəti/
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  1. the trade union for actors in the UK, the US and some other countries