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WahooMatt05

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It comes from a Latin word meaning equal


Equity usually appears in courts of law as a term related to justice or proportional fairness, or in financial offices to property or one's share of a company. The derivative root of the noun, which gained stability in the English language during the 1300s, is Latin aequus, meaning "even," "fair," or "equal"; however, to be fair, it was introduced to English by the French, whose adaptation of the Latin was equité. The French word has clear legal connotations; it means "justice" or "rightness," and those meanings, plus a splash of "fairness," carried over to the English word equity.

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Posted: 01/20/2022 at 4:18PM



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Gov. Youngkin continues to slay it (link) -- JMHoo 01/20/2022 3:41PM
  By canceling Thomas Jefferson? -- WahooMatt05 01/20/2022 4:05PM
  The word is equity, not equality. ** -- Hoodafan 01/20/2022 4:15PM
  It comes from a Latin word meaning equal -- WahooMatt05 01/20/2022 4:18PM
  You don’t get it. ** -- HoodatB 01/20/2022 5:13PM
  You don’t get it -- HoodatB 01/20/2022 5:15PM
  So you were born on third base....... Got it. ** -- Hoodafan 01/20/2022 5:11PM
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  5th. And hit a triple. Duh. ** -- Hoodafan 01/20/2022 9:24PM
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  Off. Or Less works. ** -- 111Balz 01/20/2022 5:36PM
  More like first or maybe second. But yes. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/20/2022 5:12PM
  Probably stealing second... ** -- tchoo 01/20/2022 5:51PM
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  Don’t spread yourself too thin, JM. ** -- hooshouse 01/20/2022 3:53PM

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