Equity may refer to:

Finance, accounting and ownership

Equity (finance) In finance, equity is an ownership interest in property that may be subject to debts or other liabilities. Equity is measured for accounting purposes by subtracting liabilities from the value of the assets owned. For example, if someone owns a ...

, ownership of assets that have liabilities attached to them **

Stock Stocks (also capital stock, or sometimes interchangeably, shares) consist of all the Share (finance), shares by which ownership of a corporation or company is divided. A single share of the stock means fractional ownership of the corporatio ...

, equity based on original contributions of cash or other value to a business **

Home equity Home equity is the homeowner’s financial interest in their property, calculated as the difference between the property's current market value and the total outstanding balances of all loans secured by the home. In the United States, it is a maj ...

, the difference between the market value and unpaid mortgage balance on a home **

Private equity Private equity (PE) is stock in a private company that does not offer stock to the general public; instead it is offered to specialized investment funds and limited partnerships that take an active role in the management and structuring of the co ...

, stock in a privately held company ** The

equity method Equity method in accounting is the process of treating investments in associate companies. Equity accounting is usually applied where an investor entity holds 20–50% of the voting stock of the associate company, and therefore has significant inf ...

of accounting for large investment interests

Business, justice and law

Equity (law) In the field of jurisprudence, equity is the particular body of law, developed in the English Court of Chancery, with the general purpose of providing legal remedies for cases wherein the common law is inflexible and cannot fairly resolve the ...

, in common law jurisdictions *

Equity (economics) Economic equity is the construct, concept or idea of ''fairness'' in economics and ''justice'' in the distribution of wealth, resources, and taxation within a society. Equity is closely tied to taxation policies, welfare economics, and the discu ...

, the study of fairness in economics *

Educational equity Educational equity, also known as equity in education, is a measure of equity in education. Educational equity depends on two main factors. The first is distributive justice, which implies that factors specific to one's personal conditions should ...

, the study and achievement of population-proportionate group inclusion and credentialing in education *

Intergenerational equity Intergenerational equity in economic, psychological, and sociological contexts, is the idea of Social justice, fairness or justice between generations. The concept can be applied to fairness in dynamics between children, youth, adults, and Old a ...

, equality and fairness in relationships between people in different generations (including those yet to be born) *

Equity theory In management studies and in social policy, equity theory focuses on determining whether the distribution of resources is fair. Equity is measured by comparing the ratio of contributions (or costs) and benefits (or rewards) for each person within ...

, on the relations and perceptions of fairness in distributions of resources within social and professional situations. *

Employment equity (Canada) Affirmative action (also sometimes called reservations, alternative access, positive discrimination or positive action in various countries' laws and policies) refers to a set of policies and practices within a government or organization seeking ...

, policy requiring or encouraging the hiring of disenfranchised minorities *

Health equity Health equity arises from access to the social determinants of health, specifically from wealth, power and prestige. Individuals who have consistently been deprived of these three determinants are significantly disadvantaged from health inequiti ...

, fairness and justice in health and healthcare

Education and social sciences

Social equity Social equity is concerned with justice and Social justice, fairness of social policy based on the principle of substantive equality. Since the 1960s, the concept of social equity has been used in a variety of institutional contexts, including ed ...

Companies and organizations

The word ''equity'' is also used in the names of the following companies and organizations:

Companies

* Equity Industries, an electronics subsidiary of Chiaphua Components Group * Equity Music Group, a defunct American country music record label, founded by

Clint Black Clint Patrick Black (born February 4, 1962) is an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, actor, and record producer. Signed to RCA Nashville in 1989, Black's debut album '' Killin' Time'' produced four straight number one singles ...

* EQ Office, one of the largest owners and managers of office buildings in the United States

Organizations

Actors' Equity Association The Actors' Equity Association (AEA), commonly called Actors' Equity or simply Equity, is an American trade union, labor union representing those who work in Theatre, live theatrical performance. Performers appearing in live stage productions w ...

, United States labor union of actors and stage managers *

American Society of Equity The American Society of Equity or Farmers Equity was an American agricultural cooperative and political organization, founded in 1902, which aimed to organize farming, farmers as a "Third Power" in the United States, able to compete with capitalis ...

, United States agrarian reform organization * Canadian Actors' Equity Association, an association in Canada *

Equity (British trade union) Equity, formerly officially titled the British Actors' Equity Association, is the trade union for the performing arts and entertainment industries in the United Kingdom. Formed by a group of West End performers in 1930, the union grew to incl ...

(formerly British Actors' Equity Association), an association in the United Kingdom *

Forum Party of Alberta The Forum Party of Alberta was a political party in the Province of Alberta, Canada. The party was created on March 2, 1995. It later became the Equity Party, which held its founding convention in May 2000. The Equity Party did not nominate candi ...

, a defunct political party from Alberta, Canada also known as the Equity Party *

Transportation Equity Network The Transportation Equity Network (TEN) is a project of the Gamaliel Foundation and a grassroots organization with more than 350 community organizations in 41 states in the United States. TEN's stated goal is "to create an equity-based transporta ...

, American organization advocating equity-based transportation policies

Other

Equity, Ohio Equity is an unincorporated community in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Ohio Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvani ...

, a community in the United States * In

poker strategy Poker is a popular card game that combines elements of chance and strategy. There are various styles of poker, all of which share an objective of presenting the least probable or highest-scoring hand. A poker hand is usually a configuration of fi ...

, a player's expected share of the pot * In

backgammon Backgammon is a two-player board game played with counters and dice on tables boards. It is the most widespread Western member of the large family of tables games, whose ancestors date back at least 1,600 years. The earliest record of backgammo ...

, the average

expected value In probability theory, the expected value (also called expectation, expectancy, expectation operator, mathematical expectation, mean, expectation value, or first Moment (mathematics), moment) is a generalization of the weighted average. Informa ...

that will be won or lost *

Brand equity Brand equity, in marketing, is the worth of a brand in and of itself – i.e., the social value of a well-known brand name. The owner of a well-known brand name can generate more revenue simply from brand recognition, as consumers perceive the pro ...

, in marketing, the value built up in a brand * ''Equity'' (film), a 2016 American film directed by Meera Menon *

Equity (typeface) Ehrhardt is an Serif#Old-style, old-style serif typeface released by the British branch of the Monotype Imaging, Monotype Corporation in 1938. Ehrhardt is a modern adaptation of metal type, printing types of "stout Dutch character" from the Dutch ...

, also known as Ehrhardt, a font designed by Matthew Butterick *

Urban forest inequity Urban forest inequity, also known as shade inequity or tree canopy inequity, is the inequitable distribution of trees, with their associated benefits, across metropolitan areas. This phenomenon has a number of follow-on effects, including but not li ...