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Equity vs Equitable - What's the difference?

equity | equitable |

Equitable is a related term of equity.



In lang=en terms the difference between equity and equitable

is that equity is an equitable claim; an equity of redemption while equitable is relating to the general principles of justice that correct or supplement the provisions of the law.

As a noun equity

is ownership, especially in terms of net monetary value of some business.

As an adjective equitable is

marked by or having equity.

equity

English

(wikipedia equity)

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

  • value of some business.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=70, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Engineers of a different kind , passage=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.}}
  • (legal) A legal that deals with remedies other than (l) relief, such as injunctions, divorces and similar actions.
  • * Macaulay
    • Equity had been gradually shaping itself into a refined science which no human faculties could master without long and intense application.
  • (legal) of property minus liens or other (l).
  • (legal) An equitable claim; an equity of redemption.
    • an equity''' to a settlement, or wife's '''equity , etc.
  • * Kent
    • I consider the wife's equity to be too well settled to be shaken.
  • (accounting) Ownership interest in a company as determined by subtracting liabilities from (l).
  • Justice, impartiality or fairness.
  • * Tillotson
    • Christianity secures both the private interests of men and the public peace, enforcing all justice and equity .

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    equitable

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Marked by or having equity.
  • Fair, just, or impartial.
  • * 1748 , , Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral , London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 33.
    • I may justly require you to produce that argument; nor have you any pretence to refuse so equitable a demand.
  • (legal) Relating to the general principles of justice that correct or supplement the provisions of the law.

    • Related terms

    * equity