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UK
/ˈɛkwɪtəbəl/
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[ US /ˈɛkwətəbəɫ, ˈɛkwɪtəbəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈɛkwətəbəɫ, ˈɛkwɪtəbəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience
equitable treatment of all citizens
an equitable distribution of gifts among the children
How To Use equitable In A Sentence
- Civilisation as we know it today can only lead to an increasingly unjust, and inequitable, distribution of power across the globe.
- They 100 engage more in a dialogue that involves planning and equitable exchanges or balances of advantage.
- Equitable and sustainable development presumes that the natural resources will be used.
- By comparison, an Equitable Life 10-year endowment policy, with monthly premiums of ￡30, would have produced about ￡8,399.
- The new system has the virtue of a lowered rate of tax, a simple method of computation, and an equitable spread.
- The award will be the amount that the tribunal considers just and equitable in all the circumstances.
- They are expected to protect all the athletes and to ensure fair and equitable competition.
- Representation schemes once fair and equitable become archaic and outdated.
- Many ‘developing’ economies are either not developing at all or are becoming ever more inequitable.
- For example, if the title deeds are left with the company, an equitable mortgagee by deposit will take priority.