equities
- 1Plural of equity.
The pension fund shifted part of its holdings from equities into government bonds.
Before granting the injunction, the court weighed the equities between the landlord and the tenants.
Note
The plural does most of its work in two specialist settings. In finance it means ownership stakes in businesses, so a portfolio can be split between equities and bonds. In law a court weighs the equities of a case: the fair claims each party can make, judged apart from the strict letter of the code. The spelling follows the usual rule, final -y becoming -ies.
equities is a form of equity
equity, noun: Fairness, impartiality, or justice as judged by the principles of natural law or natural right. Full entry
- Forms
- equityequities plural
- Spelling
- equity → equities: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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