equity
Justice in treatment
Equity is fairness or justice in how people are treated.
In finance, equity is ownership value—what remains after debts are subtracted: home equity, shareholder equity.
Equity in a company means ownership shares, distinct from debt.
In recent usage, equity often appears alongside diversity and inclusion, emphasizing fair outcomes rather than merely equal treatment: The policy aims for equity, not just equality.
Ownership stakes or inventory
- sharesUnits of company ownership
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- portfolioCollected works or assets
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
capital · valuation · trading · shareholders · assets · market · funds · NASDAQ
Freedom from prejudice
- evenhandednessUnbiased, balanced judgment
- nondiscriminationEqual treatment regardless of identity
- equitablenessQuality of being just
- justnessMoral rightness or fairness
fair-mindedness · unbiased · balance · objectivity · neutrality · level playing field · meritocracy · egalitarianism
State of varied elements
- inclusionBeing made part
- representationDepiction or likeness
- belongingState of fitting in
- accessibilityEase of approach
systemic change · marginalization · disparity · underrepresentation · affirmative action · digital divide · social mobility · disadvantaged
Secured home loan
- property valueMonetary worth of real estate
- refinancingReplacing a loan
- down paymentInitial sum toward purchase
- HELOCHome-secured revolving credit
appraisal · amortization · foreclosure · deed · second mortgage · underwater mortgage · loan-to-value · principal
Party with an interest
- shareholderEquity owner in corporation
- venture capitalStartup growth financing
- majority stakeOver half of ownership
- buyoutPurchase of controlling interest
Guaranteed judicial fairness
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- chanceryEquity tribunal or archives
- trustConfidence in another
fiduciary · common law · jurisprudence · precedent · judicial discretion · clean hands · unconscionability
stocks
Ownership stakes or inventory
- sharesUnits of company ownership
- securitiesTradeable financial assets
- portfolioCollected works or assets
dividends · capital · valuation · trading · shareholders · assets · market · funds · NASDAQ · liquidity
impartiality
Freedom from prejudice
- evenhandednessUnbiased, balanced judgment
- nondiscriminationEqual treatment regardless of identity
- equitablenessQuality of being just
justness · fair-mindedness · unbiased · balance · objectivity · neutrality · level playing field · meritocracy · egalitarianism · parity
diversity
State of varied elements
- inclusionBeing made part
- representationDepiction or likeness
- belongingState of fitting in
accessibility · systemic change · marginalization · disparity · underrepresentation · affirmative action · digital divide · social mobility · disadvantaged · underserved
mortgage
Secured home loan
- property valueMonetary worth of real estate
- refinancingReplacing a loan
- down paymentInitial sum toward purchase
HELOC · appraisal · amortization · foreclosure · deed · second mortgage · underwater mortgage · loan-to-value · principal · real estate
stakeholder
Party with an interest
- shareholderEquity owner in corporation
- venture capitalStartup growth financing
- majority stakeOver half of ownership
buyout · co-owner · vested interest · dilution · capitalization
due process
Guaranteed judicial fairness
- injunctionCourt-ordered behavioral requirement
- restitutionRestoring what was lost
- chanceryEquity tribunal or archives
trust · fiduciary · common law · jurisprudence · precedent · judicial discretion · clean hands · unconscionability
- business financeaccounting, balance sheet, revenue stream, profit margin, budget
- business termsfranchising, revenue stream, board meeting, gross margin, markdown
- accounting termsassets, cash, expenses, retained earnings, accounts payable
- corporate financecost of capital, investment, capital markets, NPV, debt financing
- finance termsnet profit, gross profit, budget, credit, debt
- capitalworking capital, capital stock, venture capital, startup capital, seed money
equityinequity
Unfair distribution or treatment
injustice · unfairness · inequality · discrimination · bias
equitydebt
Money owed another
liability · liabilities · negative equity · indebtedness · borrowing
equitybias
Unfair inclination or prejudice
partiality · prejudice · favoritism · partisanship · one-sidedness
- equitable payCompensation without discrimination
- equity fundsPooled stock investments
- home equityOwnership portion of residence
- sweat equityUnpaid work as investment
- private equityCapital for unlisted companies
- home equity loanDebt using house as collateral
equitable, equivocal, inequitable, equitably, equities, inequitably