equity capital

noun

: capital (such as stock or surplus earnings) that is free of debt
especially : capital received for an interest in the ownership of a business

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Google parent Alphabet netted nearly $85 billion proceeds this month, in what was the biggest equity capital markets transaction ever, at the time. Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 June 2026 Alphabet was already set to pull off the biggest equity capital markets transaction of all time at the previous $80 billion level. Bloomberg, Mercury News, 3 June 2026 As long as new flows of equity capital and credit are readily available, the A.I. build-out can continue, benefitting hardware companies like Nvidia and cloud providers like Amazon and Google. John Cassidy, New Yorker, 4 May 2026 Goldman vaulted to fourth place in India’s equity capital markets league table in 2025, having ended the previous year outside of the top 10, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Baiju Kalesh, Bloomberg, 14 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for equity capital

Word History

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of equity capital was in 1942

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“Equity capital.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equity%20capital. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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