My brother started a lemonade stand and gave me 1% equity for standing there looking “official.”
After paying off his spaceship loan, the alien finally had 100% equity in his flying saucer—and still no parking spot.
I traded my homework tips for equity in my friend’s cookie jar business.
Our dog thinks he has equity in the couch since his fur owns every single cushion.
When people say they have “equity” in a house or business, it means that if they sold it and paid off all the debts, the equity is the money they’d actually get to keep.
After forty years, she sold the bakery. The buyer paid, the bank took the loan, and the final sum—her equity—sat on the table. She counted the equity again, felt the equity warm her hands, wrote down the equity plan for her grandson's school, and cried with a small, steady smile. Her heart held the equity like a small sun.
🧑🎓 CEFR Level: C2 Proficient
This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.
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