The Only Use of
equity
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- In long equity hearings, especially after dinner, he gave the impression of dozing, an impression dispelled forever when a lawyer once deliberately pushed a pile of books to the floor in a desperate effort to wake him up.
p. 187.5equity = a fair or equal outcome
Definitions:
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(1)
(equity as in: assure equity for all) a fair or equal outcome
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(2)
(equity as in: the company's equity) the value of an asset after all debts upon it are paid
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Equity is also the noun form of equitable; i.e., to be fair and reasonable to everyone.