owners’ equity

The aggregate of the owners’ financial interests in the assets of a business entity; the capital contributed by the owners plus any retained earnings.

• Owners’ equity is calculated as the difference in value between a business entity’s assets and its liabilities.

— Also termed (in a corporation) shareholders’ equity; stockholders’ equity. [Cases: Corporations 182.1(2). C.J.S. Corporations § 340.]

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双语律师Jerry，毕业于一所培养最顶级翻译人才的语言学院，擅长翻译各类与欧洲隐私及安全法相关的法律文件。