Equity

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Contents 1 Finance, accounting and ownership 2 Fairness 3 Companies and organizations 3.1 Companies 3.2 Organizations 4 Other

Equity may refer to:

[edit] Finance, accounting and ownership

• Equity (finance), the value of an ownership interest in property, including shareholders' equity in a business
• Stock, the generic term for common equity securities
• Home equity, the difference between the fair market value and unpaid mortgage balance on a home
• Private equity, stock in a privately held company
• Equity in income of affiliates, an accounting term referring to the consolidated or unconsolidated ownerhsip in affiliate companies

[edit] Fairness

• Equity (law), a branch of jurisprudence in common law jurisdictions
• Equity (economics), the study of fairness in economics
• In many political and legal systems, a concept encompassing ideals of justice (fairness) or equality of opportunity.
• Intergenerational equity, equality and fairness in relationships between people of different ages
• Equity theory, on the relations and perceptions of fairness in distributions of resources within social and professional situations.
• Employment equity (Canada), policy requiring or encouraging preferential treatment in employment practices for certain designated groups

[edit] Companies and organizations

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

[edit] Companies

• Equity Bank Group, a financial services provider in East Africa, headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya
• Equity Industries an electronics subsidiary of Chiaphua Components Group
• Equity Music Group, a country music record label
• Equity Office Properties Trust, one of the largest owners and managers of office buildings in the United States

[edit] Organizations

• Actors' Equity Association, Labor union of actors and stage managers in the United States.
• Canadian Actors' Equity Association, an association in Canada
• Equity Party, also known as the Forum Party of Alberta, a defunct political party from Alberta, Canada
• Equity (trade union) (formerly British Actors' Equity Association), an association in the United Kingdom

[edit] Other

• In poker strategy, a player's expected share of the pot
• Brand equity, in marketing, the value built up in a brand

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