Equity Explained

Equity may refer to:

Finance, accounting and ownership

Equity (finance), ownership of assets that have liabilities attached to them
- Stock, 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, stock in a privately held company
- The equity method of accounting for large investment interests

Equity (law), 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, 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

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

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

Actors' Equity Association, 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