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Plural of equity

regular plural

The plural of equity is equities.

Forms of equity

Singularequity /ˈɛk.wɪ.ti/
Pluralequities
Countablecountable and uncountable

Equities in a sentence

  • The swing in equities scared him so much that he became a gold bug for a while.From the entry gold bug
  • The risk premium of equities can turn negative according to proxy measures, as has often occurred over the decades.From the entry risk premium
  • When spreads are very low and contracting, back up the truck and buy equities.2011, David M. Smith, Hany A. Shawky, Institutional Money Management, page 82. From the entry back up the truck
  • The regulatory environment is different in each country, such that it is not possible to put together two equities dealing operations on the same platform.2016, The Sunday Times. From the entry such that
  • While Canyon invests several billion dollars in equities, most of its multistrat competitors focus far more on stocks — some well over 50 percent of their assets.2007, Katherine Burton, Hedge Hunters: Hedge Fund Masters on the Rewards, the Risk, and the Reckoning, New York, N.Y.: Bloomberg Press…. From the entry multistrat

Meaning of equity

  1. noun Fairness, impartiality, or justice as determined in light of "natural law" or "natural right".
  2. noun The power of a court of law having extra-statutory discretion, to decide legal matters and to provide legal relief apart from, though not in violation of, the prevailing legal code; in some cases, a court "sitting in equity" may provide relief to a complainant should the code be found either inapplicable or insufficient to do so.
  3. noun A right which accrues to a party in a transaction because of the nature of the transaction itself, and which is exercisable upon a change of circumstances or conditions; in other words, an equitable claim.

Full definition of equity

Questions about the plural of equity

What is the plural of equity?
The plural of equity is equities.
Is equity countable?
Equity is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: equity (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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