31. equity [aequus, equal, fair] : (n) 
① fairness; impartiality; justice
② anything that is fair or equitable
③ the value of property beyond the total amount owed on it in mortgages, liens, etc. / 純資産(재물의 가치, 그 재물에 설정된 총액을 초과한, 저당권, 질권, 유치권 등의 형식으로)
④ Law 
ⓐ resort to general principles of fairness and justice whenever existing law is inadequate / 衡平(형평)
ⓑ a system of rules and doctrines, as in the U.S., supplementing common and statute law(관습법과 성문법) and superseding such law when it proves inadequate for just settlement/ 衡平法(형평법)
ⓒ a right or claim recognized in a court of equity
ⓓ same as equity of redemption

32. equity capital : 
① funds contributed by the owners of a business
② assets minus liabilities; net worth

33. equity of redemption : the right of a mortgagor to redeem his forfeited estate by the payment of capital and interest within a reasonable time : it is granted by a court of equity

34. inequity : lack of justice; unfairness

35. equitable [aequus, equal, fair] : (adj) 
① characterized by equity; fair: said of actions, results of actions, etc.

• The relationship of employer and employee, or of leader and follower, in the future, will be one of mutual cooperation, based upon an equitable division of the profits of business. In the future, the relationship of employer and employee will be more like a partnership than it has been in the past.
  [Think and Grow Rich written by Napoleon Hill]

② Law 
ⓐ having to do with equity, as distinguished from common or statute law(관습법과 성문법)
ⓑ valid in equity

36. inequitable : not equitable; unfair; unjust

37. equivalent [aequi-, equal + valere, to be strong : SEE VALUE] :
(adj) 
① equal in quantity, value, force, meaning, etc.
② Chem. having the same valence
③ Geom. equal in area, volume, etc. but not of the same shape

(n) 
① an equivalent thing

• Some people foolishly believe that only MONEY can make money. This is not true! DESIRE, transmuted into its monetary equivalent, through the principles laid down here, is the agency through which money is "made." Money, of itself, is nothing but inert matter. It cannot move, think, or talk, but it can "hear" when a man who DESIRES it, calls it to come!
  [Think and Grow Rich written by Napoleon Hill]
  이 책은 수 십년 전부터 베스트 셀러였던 대단한 책입니다. 이 안에 부자가 되는 비결이 있으면 "Rich Dad Poor Dad"의 원조 격이 되는 책입니다. 누구든지 이 책을 읽기를 강력히 권합니다. 번역판도 나와 있습니다. 

② Chem. 
ⓐ the quantity by weight (of a substance) that combines with one gram of hydrogen or eight grams of oxygen
ⓑ the weight obtained by dividing the atomic weight by the valence

38. equivalence : (n) 
① the condition of being equivalent; equality of quantity, value, force, meaning, etc.
② Chem. equality of combining capacity; the principle that different weights of different substances are equivalent in chemical reactions Also equivalency

• value [val < valere, to be strong, worth] : 가치
  [SEE :  valere라는 어근과 관련된 단어 → available, ambivalent, avail, convalesce, convalescent, valediction, valedictory, valedictorian, valence, Valentine(남자 이름에 쓰임), Valeria(여자 이름에 쓰임), Valerie(여자 이름에 쓰임), valetudinarian, valiant, valid, validate, validation, validity, valor, valorize, valorization, valorous, valuable, valuation, value, value-added tax(VAT), valuta, evaluation, evaluate, devalue, devaluation, equivalent, equivalence, etc.]

39. TEU (Twenty Feet Equivalent Unit) - 수출입당시 20피트 콘테이너를 말합니다. 그런데 2000년 11월 25일자 국정홍보처가 발행한 "경의선은 기찻길이 아닙니다. 경제입니다."라는 소책자(새마을호 열차에 비치된 적 있음)에는 TEU를 TUE(이는 화요일의 약자입니다)로 잘못 써 놓았습니다. 이래 가지고는 홍보가 안되겠지요? 

40. equivocal [aequi-, equal + vox, voice + -al, a suffix of adjective] : (adj)
① that have more than one interpretation; having two or more meanings; purposely vague, misleading, or ambiguous
② uncertain; undecided; doubtful
③ suspicious; questionable
Syn. obscure

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