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, 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 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), the study of fairness in economics * Educational equity, the study and achievement of population-proportionate group inclusion and credentialing in education * Intergenerational equity, 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), policy requiring or encouraging the hiring of disenfranchised minorities * Health equity, 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 * 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, United States agrarian reform organization * Canadian Actors' Equity Association, an association in Canada * Equity (British trade union) (formerly British Actors' Equity Association), an association in the United Kingdom * Forum Party of Alberta, a defunct political party from Alberta, Canada also known as the Equity Party * Transportation Equity Network, American organization advocating equity-based transportation policies

Other

* Equity, Ohio, a community in the United States * In poker strategy, a player's expected share of the pot * In

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, 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, in marketing, the value built up in a brand * ''Equity'' (film), a 2016 American film directed by Meera Menon * Equity (typeface), also known as Ehrhardt, a font designed by Matthew Butterick * Urban forest inequity