equity

純資産価値、自己資本

財産の価値から、その財産について残っている借金を差し引いた額。

やさしい英語で： The value of property after subtracting the money still owed on it.

• Our home equity has increased.
• She used the equity in her house to secure a loan.
• Paying off the mortgage builds equity.

使い方： equity in something (They have substantial equity in their house.)

類義語： net value

よく使う表現： home equity, equity in something, build equity

公平、公正

人それぞれの必要や事情を考慮した、公正な扱い。

やさしい英語で： Fair treatment that takes people's different needs and situations into account.

• The policy aims to improve equity.
• They studied equity in access to education.
• The committee considered both efficiency and equity when distributing funds.

類義語： fairness, justice

反対語： inequity

よく使う表現： social equity, racial equity, equity in education

衡平法

通常の法規では保護が足りない場合に、裁判所が公平な救済を与える仕組み。

やさしい英語で： A court's power to provide fair solutions when ordinary legal rules do not give enough protection.

• The court granted relief in equity.
• The judge considered whether equity could provide a remedy.
• Her claim relied on equity rather than ordinary damages.

よく使う表現： court of equity, relief in equity, law and equity

衡平法上の権利

取引から生じ、事情が変わったときに主張できる公平に基づく権利。

やさしい英語で： A right arising from a transaction that can be used when circumstances change.

• The transaction created an equity in her favor.
• He sought to enforce that equity after circumstances changed.
• The court examined the equities arising from their agreement.

使い方： equity arising from something (She asserted an equity arising from the earlier transaction.)

類義語： equitable right

よく使う表現： an existing equity, enforce an equity, equity arising from