<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Stocks</a>:</p>
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<p>Stock (also capital stock) is all of the shares into which ownership of a corporation is divided</p>
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<p><a href="http://n%20finance,%20equity%20is%20ownership%20of%20assets%20that%20may%20have%20debts%20or%20other%20liabilities%20attached%20to%20them.%20Equity%20is%20measured%20for%20accounting%20purposes%20by%20subtracting%20liabilities%20from%20the%20value%20of%20the%20assets" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Equity</a>:</p>
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<p>In finance, equity is ownership of assets that may have debts or other liabilities attached to them. Equity is measured for accounting purposes by subtracting liabilities from the value of the assets</p>
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2021-02-12T20:08:50.960Z
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csilvia
<p>Equity is simply describing the ownership of an asset. Stocks are one form of equity, since they represent fractional ownership of a firm, and equity also expands to any other asset as person can own. Because of this stock prices are a subset of equity prices.</p>

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stidmatt
<p>Do we use in common language &quot;equity price&quot; as a synonym to &quot;stock price&quot;?</p>

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2021-02-09T19:12:23.847Z
Someone might wish to consult a dictionary to get something more definitive, but from my experience in writing financial commentary, they are interchanged based on personal preference or style, at least in North America. U.K. usage might be different.
Brian Romanchuk
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Are equity prices and stock prices the same?
Analyst_11
# Are equity prices and stock prices the same?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2021-02-09)

Do we use in common language "equity price" as a synonym to "stock price"?

**Tags:** stock-market

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Someone might wish to consult a dictionary to get something more definitive, but from my experience in writing financial commentary, they are interchanged based on personal preference or style, at least in North America. U.K. usage might be different.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2021-02-12. Score: 1

[Stocks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock):

> Stock (also capital stock) is all of the shares into which ownership of a corporation is divided

[Equity](http://n%20finance,%20equity%20is%20ownership%20of%20assets%20that%20may%20have%20debts%20or%20other%20liabilities%20attached%20to%20them.%20Equity%20is%20measured%20for%20accounting%20purposes%20by%20subtracting%20liabilities%20from%20the%20value%20of%20the%20assets):

> In finance, equity is ownership of assets that may have debts or other liabilities attached to them. Equity is measured for accounting purposes by subtracting liabilities from the value of the assets


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### Answer by username_3 on 2021-02-12. Score: 0

Equity is simply describing the ownership of an asset. Stocks are one form of equity, since they represent fractional ownership of a firm, and equity also expands to any other asset as person can own. Because of this stock prices are a subset of equity prices.


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