equity
Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right".
Noun 3 meanings
Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right".
Various related senses originating with the Court of Chancery in late Medieval England
“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.”
Various senses related to net value
“I have a lot of equity in my house.”
Etymology
From Middle English equitee, equytee, from Old French equité, from Latin aequitās (“uniformity; impartiality; fairness”).
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EQUITY at a glance
EQUITY has 6 letters and scores 18 points in Scrabble (E 1 + Q 10 + U 1 + I 1 + T 1 + Y 4) and 18 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,217 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with equity
All rhymes- CITY9
- UNIVERSITY16
- COMMUNITY18
- SECURITY13
- QUALITY19
- ABILITY12
- OPPORTUNITY18
- MAJORITY20
- REALITY10
- ACTIVITY16
- AUTHORITY15
- RESPONSIBILITY21
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