Synonyms for equity
ˈɛk wɪ tieq·ui·ty

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1. equity

   In its governmental relations, human or divine, justice is the giving to every person exactly what he deserves, not necessarily involving any consideration of what any other may deserve; equity (the quality of being equal) is giving every one as much advantage, privilege, or consideration as is given to any other; it is that which is equally right or just to all concerned; equity is equal justice and is thus a close synonym for fairness and impartiality, but it has a philosophical and legal precision that those words have not. In legal proceedings cases arise for which the law has not adequately provided, or in which general provisions, just in the main, would work individual hardship. The system of equity, devised to supply the insufficiencies of law, deals with cases "to which the law by reason of its universality can not apply." "Equity, then, ... is the soul and spirit of all law; positive law is construed and rational law is made by it." Blackstone bk. iii, ch. 27, p. 429. In personal and social relations justice is the rendering to every one what is due or merited, whether in act, word, or thought; in matters of reasoning, or literary work of any kind, justice is close, faithful, unprejudiced, and unbiased adherence to essential truth or fact; we speak of the justice of a statement, or of doing justice to a subject. Integrity, rectitude, right, righteousness and virtue denote conformity of personal conduct to the moral law, and thus necessarily include justice, which is giving others that which is their due. Lawfulness is an ambiguous word, meaning in its narrower sense mere legality, which may be very far from justice, but in its higher sense signifying accordance with the supreme law of right, and thus including perfect justice. Justness refers rather to logical relations than to practical matters; as, we speak of the justness of a statement or of a criticism. See JUDGE, n.

   Synonyms:
   fair play, fairness, faithfulness, honor, impartiality, integrity, justice, justness, law, lawfulness, legality, rectitude, right, righteousness, rightfulness, truth, uprightness, virtue

   Antonyms:
   dishonesty, favoritism, inequity, injustice, partiality, unfairness, unlawfulness, unreasonableness, untruth, wrong

   Preposition:
   The justice of the king; to or for the oppressed.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. equitynoun

   the difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it

   Synonyms:
   fairness

   Antonyms:
   unfairness, inequity

2. equitynoun

   the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation

   Synonyms:
   fairness

   Antonyms:
   inequity, unfairness

3. fairness, equitynoun

   conformity with rules or standards

   "the judge recognized the fairness of my claim"

   Synonyms:
   paleness, fair-mindedness, beauteousness, loveliness, candor, blondness, fairness, candour, comeliness

   Antonyms:
   inequity, unfairness

Matched Categories

1. • Assets
   • Interest
   • Justice

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. distributive justice

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2019  

2. social justice

   Submitted by anonymous on February 2, 2021  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. equitynoun

   Synonyms:
   justice, right

2. equitynoun

   Synonyms:
   CHANCERY

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "equity":

   fairness, equality, equidad, capital, fair, parity, equitable, equitability, equal, stock, justice, even-handedness

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1. John Fraser:

   Investors are asking for tightened restricted payments capabilities so that the borrower can’t funnel anywhere near as much or maybe any money out to equity investors before they start repaying the debt.

2. Azalea Asset Management:

   We are actively exploring suitable opportunities for retail investors to participate in private equity-based products in the future.

3. Michael Schad:

   What you've seen over the last two years is distributions from the private equity portfolio have been very, very strong, which will give investors a cause for optimism, four years ago people might have had questions on the 2006-2007 vintage. But these funds have really turned around.

4. Chief Executive Sam Walsh:

   I met with the new prime minister... and we talked about that (proposal), quite frankly we'd rather put our focus and our dollars into the project. That's for others to look at, taking equity in the project, we're happy with our 50.1 percent of the project.

5. Bruce Lott:

   The group of kids that came up and put forks in the field and left is being punished equally as those that went into the school, and it's just, there's just no no equity to the punishment.