How to Use equity in a Sentence

equity

noun
  • We've been slowly paying off our mortgage and building up equity in our house.
  • In making these decisions we should be governed by the principle of equity.
  • The topic for the first month is racial equity in the school system.
    Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2020
  • But equity has come to the fore in recent years for a reason.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 4 Feb. 2021
  • The modern way of putting this would be to talk about the bank’s return on equity.
    John Lanchester, The New Yorker, 29 July 2019
  • These schemes have one goal: to strip away your equity in your home.
    Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 23 June 2022
  • Hall received equity in the company as part of the deal.
    Matt Koesters, The Enquirer, 2 July 2020
  • Kincaid has had to take out a home equity loan to fund her lawsuit.
    Neil Weinberg, Bloomberg.com, 13 June 2018
  • All of this is par for the course for private equity firms like Apollo.
    Ian Frisch, Longreads, 16 Apr. 2018
  • In the run-up to the olympics, the women did score a major victory in pay equity.
    Glamour, 29 July 2021
  • How does this moment relate to your work in health equity?
    Jamie Ducharme, Time, 4 June 2020
  • This is one case where the Heat invested enough equity, in the form of a No.
    Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 26 June 2019
  • Her office trains school leaders in racial equity and puts on events throughout the year.
    Arika Herron, The Indianapolis Star, 2 July 2020
  • While food equity is at the heart of much of their work, many groups have expanded their services.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Rather than get paid in cash, Staples was paid in equity.
    Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2018
  • Start with these projects to revamp your exterior and build equity at the same time.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2023
  • Even easier than a fire sale of the car and house, a fresh loan against the home equity would ease the situation.
    San Antonio Express-News, 29 June 2018
  • Liars will be willing to say anything about diversity and equity just to get the job.
    WSJ, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Women who are not of color are talking about pay equity with men.
    Julia Felsenthal, Marie Claire, 11 June 2019
  • The role of women in private equity paints an even bleaker picture.
    Melanie Nakagawa, Fortune, 26 July 2023
  • Each school district has been a part of a network to promote equity for students of color.
    Erik Gleibermann, The Atlantic, 1 June 2017
  • Seena Hodges believes that racial equity is the defining issue of our time.
    Erica Pearson, Star Tribune, 18 Oct. 2020
  • Bear in mind that equity is also the money that comes from the company's profits.
    Marek Niedzwiedz, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • There’s no actual loss for either the equity or debt investors to book.
    Fabian Graber, Bloomberg.com, 17 Apr. 2020
  • At one point last year, a key measure of equity market volatility had been cut in half.
    Tom Saler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Mar. 2020
  • But if equity investors dropped out, Musk would be on the hook to replace them or throw in more of his own money.
    Barbara Ortutay, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Last week the group held an online summit for teaching equity and justice.
    Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 July 2020
  • Private equity firms have latched on to almost every corner of health care.
    Bob Herman, STAT, 17 Aug. 2022
  • For the second year in a row, an effort to create a state fund focused on health equity and racial justice has failed.
    Mackenzie Maysstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2022
  • But among some of those pushing for racial equity, patience is wearing thin.
    New York Times, 6 Nov. 2021

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