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Definitions: Equity |
EquityNoun1. The difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it. 2. The ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation. 3. Conformity with rules or standards; "the judge recognized the fairness of my claim". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "equity" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Law | Equity also constitutes law and not something merely akin to fairness lying outside the concept of law. Source: European Union. (references) |
Business | The residual value of a company's assets after all outside liabilities have been allowed. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The ordinary shareholders' capital, i. e. the ordinary shareholders' funds plus reserves. . . . . -- désigne le capital-actions plus le surplus. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Finance | A shares which has no special rights to dividends but which usually controls the company as it has voting rights at meetings of the company. Source: European Union. (references) |
| In real estate, equity is the difference between the fair market value of a property and the amount of any mortgage debt, or liens against the property, still outstanding. In business, the excess of a firm's assets over its liabilities. The term is also used to refer to the ownership interest of stockholders in a company, and to the value of the investments raised by the stock offerings. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: EquitySynonym: fairness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: unfairness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Lawyer | Bar, legal profession, bar association, association of trial lawyers; officer of the court; gentleman of the long robe; junior bar, outer bar, inner bar; equity draftsman, conveyancer, pleader, special pleader. |
Legality | Equity, common law; lex, lex nonscripta; law of nations, droit des gens, international law, jus gentium; jus civile; civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative law; lex mercatoria. |
Probity | Fairness; Adjective: fair play, justice, equity, impartiality, principle, even-handedness; grace. |
Right | Justice, equity; equitableness; Adjective: propriety; fair play, impartiality, measure for measure, give and take, lex talionis. |
Adverb: rightly; Adjective: _ bon droit, au bon droit, in justice, in equity, in reason. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | Nothin' but a miserable little $500 equity in a life insurance policy. (It's a Wonderful Life; writing credit: Philip Van Doren Stern; Frances Goodrich) There are sixty thousand actors in this academy-- excuse me, in the Screen Actors Guild, and probably a hundred thousand in Equity. And most actors don't work, and a few of us are so lucky to have a chance to work with writing and to work with directing. (The 52nd Annual Academy Awards; writing credit: Geum-sam Lee) With you as her mother, her father could be anybody in Actor's Equity! (Hannah and Her Sisters; writing credit: Woody Allen) | |
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 | Safe Motherhood Means: Social Equity For Women....Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Farmers Equity Coop. Grain elevators and oil tanks, Wolf Point, Montana.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Charles Caleb Colton | Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder. |
Confucius | He said: The proper man understands equity, the small man profits. |
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John Locke | 1690 | In transgressing the law of nature, the offender declares himself to live by another rule than that of reason and common equity, which is that measure God has set to the actions of men, for their mutual security; and so he becomes dangerous to mankind, the tye, which is to secure them from injury and violence, being slighted and broken by him. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | Clause 1: The judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;--to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;--to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction;--to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;--to Controversies between two or more States;--between a State and Citizens of another State; (See Note 10)--between Citizens of different States, --between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-2020 | The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State. (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The Commission shall not be bound by any particular code or rules of law or by any particular rule of evidence or of procedure, but shall be guided by justice, equity and good faith. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The highest equality is equity. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | Whether those pleading orators were persons educated in the general knowledge of equity, or only in provincial, national, and other local customs. |
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Health | The program has standards for fairness, equity, and unbiased eligibility. (references) | |
Issues of equity of access to LTC for the dependent elderly focus on the shortage of in-home and community services to support family caregivers. (references) | ||
People with ADRD have historically been cared for by just such sources, to the point where caregiver burden and equity issues have become a regular source of concern. (references) | ||
Business | Private equity fund involvement in the sector. (references) | |
Net equity in terms of assets was 10.7 percent. (references) | ||
The IFC takes equity positions in these companies. (references) | ||
Children | South Africa | The law requires employers with more than 50 workers to create an affirmative action plan with provisions for achieving employment equity for persons with disabilities. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Croatia | In December the proceedings were completed and the Privatization Fund ceased to administer Tisak; Tisak's creditors received equity in the company corresponding to the debts they were owed. (references) |
Economic History | Romania | Equity funds are not included. (references) |
Human Rights | Ethiopia | In 1999 160 domestic and international NGO's signed a code of conduct, which details standards of conduct for numerous areas including moral and ethical integrity, transparency and accountability, good governance, gender equity, and environmental consciousness. (references) |
Canada | An armed forces grievance board that is independent of the military chain of command began operations in June 2000. In addition, other mechanisms established by the Government to address such complaints, including the Advisory Board on Canadian Forces Gender Integration and Employment Equity and an Ombudsman in the Department of National Defense, continued to operate. (references) | |
Cameroon | Customary courts may exercise jurisdiction only with the consent of both parties to a case; either party has the right to have any case heard by a national rather than a customary court, and customary law is supposed to be valid only when it is not "repugnant to natural justice, equity, and good conscience." However, many citizens in rural areas remain unaware of their rights under civil law and have been taught since birth that customary laws form the rules by which they must abide. (references) | |
Political Economy | MALAYSIA | Securities: Foreigners may hold up to 49 percent of the equity in a stockbroking firm. (references) |
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | Foreign oil companies with equity in concessions pay taxes and royalties on their proceeds. (references) | |
EGYPT | Equity for the sale of state-owned enterprises is raised partly through the Egyptian stock exchange. (references) | |
Trade | Spain | Equity financing is also available. (references) |
Guatemala | To-date, there have been no equity issues. (references) | |
Peru | Equity increased almost 7% to $2.0 billion. (references) | |
Women | Australia | Women have equal status under the law, and the law provides for pay equity. (references) |
Canada | Employment equity laws and regulations cover federal employees in all but the security and defense services. (references) | |
Jamaica | In 1996 the Government established a steering committee, charged with creating a Commission on Gender and Social Equity. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Ghana | In 1999 the Government began compensating extra duty hours only for overtime actually worked, in accordance with labor equity, rather than as an automatic salary supplement. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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James Madison | 1809-1817 | Besides the consideration that a time of peace is the time when the change can be made with most convenience and equity, it will now be aided by the experience of a recent war in which the militia bore so interesting a part. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | The ration of representation presented itself to my mind, and it still does, as one of obvious equity, because of its being the ratio of contribution, whether the funds to be distributed be derived from the customs or from direct taxation. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Lifting the basic minimum wage is necessary, it is justified as a matter of simple equity to workers, and it will prove not only feasible but also directly beneficial to the Nation's employers. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | Also in the area of fairness and equity, we will ask for extension of the Civil Rights Commission, which is due to expire this year. |
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| "Equity" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 91.48% of the time. "Equity" is used about 1,805 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 91.48% | 1,651 | 5,055 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.52% | 154 | 25,326 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,805 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Australia | BT Australian Equity Management Limited | Germany | Fritz Nols Global Equity Services AG |
| Malaysia | Apex Equity Holdings Berhad | Pakistan | Bankers Equity Limited |
| Philippines | Aboitiz Equity Ventures Inc. | United Kingdom | Deutsche Equity Income Trust Plc |
| USA | Continental Mortgage and Equity Trust | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "equity": Community Equity Associates ♦ Court of Equity ♦ equity capital ♦ equity control ♦ equity credit line ♦ equity draftsman ♦ equity financing ♦ equity invested capital ♦ equity investment ♦ equity joint venture ♦ Equity of redemption ♦ equity paper ♦ equity participation ♦ equity risk premium ♦ equity security ♦ equity shares ♦ equity stake ♦ equity stock ♦ gender equity ♦ home equity credit ♦ home equity loan ♦ in equity ♦ owner's equity account ♦ return on common equity ♦ return on equity ♦ Scottish Equity Partners ♦ sweat equity ♦ Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act ♦ Wife's equity ♦ Wilshire 5000 equity index. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "equity": equity-accounted, equity-based, equity-financed, equity-financing, equity-linked, equity-only, equity-related, equity-required, equity-sharing, equity-type, equity-warrant. | |
Ending with "equity": debt-equity, debt-for-equity, debt-to-equity, non-equity. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "equity"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | paanësi (dispassion, fair play, fairness, impartiality, infinity), drejtësi (fairness, judiciary, justice, justness, law, moderation, propriety, rectitude, regularity, righteousness, rightness, well doing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مجموعة من المبادئ, تطبيق الضمير, عدالة (just, justice, law), إنصاف (halves, justice, justness, righteousness, square deal), أسهم عادية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | справедливост (fair dealing, fairness, justice, justness, rectitude, right, rightness), справедлив иск, чиста стойност на имущество, безпристрастие (detachment, fairness, indifference), профсъюз на актьорите. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 产权. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | spravedlnost (justice, righteousness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | stamaktie (capital share, capital stock, common share, common stock, ordinary share, ordinary stock), ordinaer aktie (common share, common stock, ordinary share, ordinary stock), A-aktie (common share, common stock, ordinary share, ordinary stock). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gewoon aandeel (common share, common stock, ordinary share, ordinary stock). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | قاعده انصاف , تساوی حقوق , انصاف بی غرضی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | yhteisyritys (equity joint venture, joint venture, pooling of interests), sukupuolten oikeudenmukainenkohtelu (gender equity), pääomasijoitus (acquisition of holdings, capital brought into a business, contribution of cash capital, equity capital, equity financing, equity investment, equity participation, investment), pääomarahoitus (acquisition of holdings, equity capital, equity financing, equity investment, equity participation, investment), osakesäästämisjärjestelmä (personal equity plan), oma pääoma (capital, equity capital, net assets, net worth, owner's capital, owners'equity, personal capital, shareholders'equity, shareholders'funds, stockholders'equity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | principes, fonds, action ordinaire, équité. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | gerechtigkeit (fairness, impartiality, justice, justness, righteousness), Eigenkapital (capital, equity capital, own capital, owner's capital, personal capital). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καθαρά αξία κτήματοσ, κοινή μετοχή (A-share, common share, common stock, ordinary share, ordinary stock), επιείκεια (clemency, fairness, indulgence, lenience, lenity), αμεροληψία (candor, candour, impartiality, objectivity), τίτλοι μετοχικού κεφαλαίου (A-share, common share, common stock, ordinary share, ordinary stock), δικαιοσύνη (fairness, judicature, justice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | יושר (honesty, integrity, probity, rectitude, righteousness, sincerity, straight, straightness, virtue), זכות (acquittal, advantage, credit, favour, merit, prerogative, privilege, right, vantage), "'י ות (decency, decorum, fairness, honesty, morality, plain dealing, propriety, rectitude, respectability, seemliness, sincerity, squareness, worthiness), "י י "צ"ק. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | méltányosság (fairness, justice, justness, reasonableness, right), jogosság (justification, justness, right, rightness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kesederajatan, keadilan (judicature, justice, justness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | giustizia (courts, judicature, justice, justness, law). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 公義 (justice), エキス剤 (COMBINE, eccentric, ecstasy, Ecuador, ecumenism, equitable, equity finance, Excalibur, Excelan, excellent, exchange, exchange order, excursion, excursion fare, excursion ticket, excuse me, executor, exercise, exhaust manifold, exhaust pipe, exorcist, exotic, exoticism, exotisme, expedition, expense, expensive, expire, explorer, explosion, explosion shot, export, express, expression, expressway, extension, extent, exterior, external, extract, literature). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | "うぎ (amity, authorities, broader application, fine workmanship, friendship, government, imperial court, just view, justice, kindness or favour, lecture, objection, official, protest, public affairs, public opinion, shogunate government, skill, warm friendship, wide sense, your kindness), エクイティー (COMBINE), エクイティ (COMBINE). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 공평 (Equities). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gioal (bet, bond, cover, earnest, gage, pawn, pledge, stake, wager), cormid (adequacy, balance, equality, equation, equivalent, evenness, rate, rightness), cairys argidagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | equityay equitação (horsemanship), acção ordinária (A-share, common share, common stock, ordinary share, ordinary stock). (various references) echitate (justice, uprightness). (various references) справедливость (fairness, impartiality, justice, justness, reason, rectitude, right, righteousness, rightness), беспристрастность (detachment, impartiality, indifference). (various references) ceartas (justice). (various references) pravo pravičnosti, pravičnost, otplaćeni deo nekretnine. (various references) equidad (equanimity, fairness), actualidad (present, topicality), acción ordinaria (A-share, common share, common stock, equity paper, equity security, ordinary share, ordinary stock, security of a participating nature, stock), acción (accomplishment, achievement, act, acting, action, action part, activity, agency, consequent, deed, engagement, filestore action, gesture, move, proceeding, right-hand side, share, stock). (various references) rättvisa (fairness, justice, justness). (various references) ความถูกต้อง (exactness, fidelity, right). (various references) eşitlikçilik, tarafsızlık (candor, candour, detachment, equilibrium, equitableness, evenness, fair play, fairness, impartiality, indifference, neutralism, neutrality, non committal, objectiveness, objectivity, openness), aktörler birliği, adalet (equitableness, fairness, justice, reason), öz kaynak (equity capital). (various references) справедливість (appropriateness, equality, fairness, impartiality, justice, justness, orthopraxy, righteousness, rightfulness), безсторонність (candor, candour, detachment, impartiality, impersonality, neutrality). (various references) tính công bằng (equitableness, impartiality, impartialness). (various references) iawnder (right). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | aequa, aeque, aequi, aequis, aequitas, aequitas, equitas, aequitate, aequitatem, aequitatis, aequo, aequum, equitas, iustitia, justicia, justitia. (various references) |
| Avestan | 200-600 | rasãstâtô. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 17, Verse 26 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Zhmioun andra dikaion ou kalon oude osion epibouleuein dunastaiV dikaioiV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Non est bonum damnum inferre iusto nec percutere principem qui recta iudicat |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | It is not good to bern in harm to the riytwis; ne to smyte a prince that riyt demeth. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 17, Verse 26 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Ang pagsilot usab sa matarung dili maayo, Ni ang pagbunal sa harianon alang sa ilang pagkatul-id. |
| Croatian | Ne valja kažnjavati pravednika, a nije pravo ni tuæi odliènike. |
| Danish | At straffe den, der har Ret, er ilde, værre endnu at slå de ædle. |
| Dutch | Het is niet goed, den rechtvaardige ook te doen boeten, dat de prinsen iemand slaan zouden om hetgeen recht is. |
| Finnish | Paha jo sekin, jos syytöntä sakotetaan; kovin kohtuutonta, jos jaloja lyödään. |
| French | Il n`est pas bon de condamner le juste une amende, Ni de frapper les nobles cause de leur droiture. |
| German | Es ist nicht gut, daß man den Gerechten schindet, noch den Edlen zu schlagen, der recht handelt. |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Se pa jistis pou inonsan peye pou koupab. Pa gen jistis lè yo bat moun ki pa fè mal. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tidak patut mengenakan denda pada orang yang tak bersalah; tidak patut menindas orang yang berbudi luhur. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Adapun mendendai seorang yang tiada bersalah itu jahatnya sama dengan menyesah seorang yang benar karena sebab kebajikannya. |
| Italian | Non sta bene multare chi ha ragione e peggio ancora colpire gli innocenti. |
| Maori | ¶ Ehara ano hoki i te mea pai kia whiua te tangata tika, kia patua ranei nga rangatira mo te tika. |
| Norwegian | Å straffe også den rettferdige er ikke godt; å slå edle menn er tvert imot all rett. |
| Portuguese | Não é bom punir ao justo, nem ferir aos nobres por causa da sua retidão. |
| Rumanian | Nu este bine sq oskndewti pe cel neprihqnit la o gloabq, nici sq lovewti pe cei de neam ales din pricina neprihqnirii lor. - |
| Spanish | Ciertamente no es bueno imponer una multa al justo ni golpear a los nobles a causa de su integridad. |
| Swedish | Att pliktfälla jämväl den rättfärdige är icke tillbörligt; att slå ädla män strider mot rättvisan. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "equity": inequity. (additional references) | |
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"Equity" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aquity, Ecitb, ecquity, enquity, enuity, equ, equant, equat, equaty, equay, equety, equint, equipty, equiry, equit, equite, equith, equitiy, equits, euqity, Exquota, hequi, iquity, quity. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "equity" (pronounced e"kwutē) |
| 6 | e" k w u t ē | inequity. |
| 5 | -k w u t ē | antiquity, ubiquity. |
| 3 | -u t ē | ability, abnormality, absurdity, acceptability, accessibility, accountability, acidity, activity, actuality, acuity, adaptability, admissibility, adversity, advisability, affinity, affordability, aggressivity, agility, alacrity, alkalinity, ambiguity, amenity, amiability, amity, analyticity, animosity, annuity, anonymity, anxiety, applicability, atrocity, audacity, austerity, authenticity, authority, availability, banality, barbarity, believability, bestiality, biodiversity, bisexuality, brevity, brutality, calamity, capability, capacity, captivity, causality, cavity, celebrity, centrality, charity, chastity, civility, clarity, collegiality, commodity, commonality, community, comparability, compatibility, complexity, complicity, comprehensibility, conditionality, conductivity, confidentiality, conformity, congeniality, congruity, connectivity, constitutionality, continuity, convertibility, creativity, credibility, credulity, criminality, criticality, crotchety, culpability, curiosity, cyclicality, debility, deductibility, deformity, deity, deniability, density, dependability, depravity, deputy, desirability, dexterity, dignity, dimensionality, disability, discontinuity, disparity, dissimilarity, disunity, diversity, divinity, docility, domesticity, duality, ductility, duplicity, durability, eccentricity, elasticity, electability, electricity, eligibility, enforceability, enmity, enormity, entity, equality, equanimity, eternity, ethnicity, eventuality, exclusivity, expressivity, extraterritoriality, extremity, facility, fallibility, falsity, familiarity, fatality, feasibility, Felicity, femininity, ferocity, fertility, festivity, fidelity, finality, flammability, flexibility, fluidity, formality, fragility, fraternity, frivolity, frugality, functionality, futility, generality, generosity, geniality, gentility, gratuity, gravity, gullibility, heredity, heterogeneity, heterosexuality, hilarity, homogeneity, homosexuality, hospitality, hostility, humanity, humidity, humility, hyperactivity, hypersensitivity, identity, illegality, illiquidity, immaturity, immobility, immorality, immortality, immunity, impartiality, impersonality, impossibility, impropriety, impunity, impurity, inability, inaccessibility, inactivity, incapacity, incivility, incompatibility, incongruity, incredulity, indemnity, indestructibility, indignity, individuality, inequality, inevitability, infallibility, inferiority, infertility, infidelity, infinity, infirmity, inflexibility, informality, ingenuity, inhumanity, insanity, insecurity, insensitivity, instability, instrumentality, insularity, integrity, intensity, invincibility, invisibility, invulnerability, irrationality, irregularity, irresponsibility, irritability, laity, laxity, legality, legibility, lethality, levity, liability, liberality, liquidity, lividity, locality, longevity, majority, malleability, maneuverability, marketability, masculinity, materiality, maternity, maturity, mediocrity, mendacity, mentality, minority, miscibility, mobility, modality, modernity, monstrosity, morality, morbidity, mortality, motility, multiplicity, municipality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, nativity, necessity, negativity, neutrality, nobility, Nonconformity, nonentity, nonutility, normality, notoriety, nudity, obesity, objectivity, obscenity, obscurity, oddity, opacity, opportunity, originality, overcapacity, oversensitivity, palatability, parity, partiality, particularity, passivity, paternity, paucity, peculiarity, permeability, perpetuity, perplexity, personality, perversity, piety, plausibility, plurality, polarity, polity, pomposity, popularity, portability, possibility, posterity, practicality, predictability, principality, priority, probability, probity, proclivity, productivity, profanity, profitability, progressivity, promiscuity, propensity, proportionality, propriety, prosperity, proximity, publicity, punctuality, purity, quality, quantity, radioactivity, rapidity, rarity, rationality, reactivity, readability, reality, receptivity, reciprocity, reflexivity, regularity, relativity, reliability, religiosity, respectability, responsibility, retroactivity, rickety, rigidity, salinity, sanctity, sanity, scarcity, seasonality, security, selectivity, senility, seniority, sensibility, sensitivity, sensuality, sentimentality, serendipity, serenity, severity, sexuality, similarity, simplicity, sincerity, sobriety, society, solemnity, solidarity, solidity, sorority, speciality, specificity, spirituality, spontaneity, stability, sterility, stupidity, subjectivity, suitability, superconductivity, superfluidity, superiority, supermajority, surety, survivability, susceptibility, sustainability, technicality, temerity, tenacity, theatricality, timidity, tonality, totality, toxicity, tranquility, transferability, Trinity, triviality, turbidity, unanimity, unavailability, unfamiliarity, uniformity, unity, universality, university, unpopularity, unpredictability, unreality, unreliability, uppity, utility, validity, vanity, variability, variety, varsity, velocity, velvety, venality, veracity, Verity, versatility, viability, vicinity, virginity, virility, virtuosity, viscosity, visibility, vitality, volatility, voracity, vulgarity, vulnerability. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-q-t-u-y" | |
-1 letter: quiet, quite. | |
-2 letters: etui, quey, quit, yeti. | |
-3 letters: tie, tui, tye, yet. | |
-4 letters: et, it, ti, ut, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-q-t-u-y" | |
+1 letter: quietly. | |
+2 letters: equality, equinity, inequity, mystique. | |
+3 letters: equitably, mystiques, sequacity, unquietly. | |
+4 letters: coequality, disquietly, equability, equanimity, inequality, mosquitoey, quaternity. | |
+5 letters: exquisitely, inequitably, questionary, quiescently, ventriloquy. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 71 75 69 74 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). --.- ..- .. - -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110001 01110101 01101001 01110100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E q u i t y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0071 0075 0069 0074 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)398387758691 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Company Usage 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Orthography 23. Bibliography |
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