negative equity

Word family nounnegationnegationistnegativenessnegativismnegativistnegativitynegatornegatronnegative equityadjectivenegativenegativisticnegatoryadverbnegativelyverbnegate

ˌnegative ˈequity noun [uncountableU] British EnglishBrE

a situation in which someone owes more money on a mortgage (=arrangement to borrow money to pay for a house) than they would receive if they sold their house 资产负值，负资产〔指资产值低于抵押款〕

Examples from the Corpus

negative equity• Dave Escott bought at the height of the boom, and any back rent will only add to his negative equity.• The risk of another plague of negative equity in the highly-priced areas must now be significant.• Those with negative equity clearly benefit from higher prices, but many others gain from lower ones.

From Longman Business Dictionary

negative equityˌnegative ˈequity

1[uncountableU]FINANCE when an asset, usually property, bought by a borrower with a loan is worth less than the loan remaining to be paid

the growing number of home owners with negative equity

2[uncountableU]ACCOUNTINGFINANCE when a company’s liabilities are more than its assets

The level of bad debts at some Thai banks may mean that some have negative equity.

→ equity

单词	negative equity
释义	negative equity Word family nounnegationnegationistnegativenessnegativismnegativistnegativitynegatornegatronnegative equityadjectivenegativenegativisticnegatoryadverbnegativelyverbnegate ˌnegative ˈequity noun [uncountableU] British EnglishBrE a situation in which someone owes more money on a mortgage (=arrangement to borrow money to pay for a house) than they would receive if they sold their house 资产负值，负资产〔指资产值低于抵押款〕 Examples from the Corpus negative equity• Dave Escott bought at the height of the boom, and any back rent will only add to his negative equity.• The risk of another plague of negative equity in the highly-priced areas must now be significant.• Those with negative equity clearly benefit from higher prices, but many others gain from lower ones. From Longman Business Dictionary negative equityˌnegative ˈequity 1[uncountableU]FINANCE when an asset, usually property, bought by a borrower with a loan is worth less than the loan remaining to be paid the growing number of home owners with negative equity 2[uncountableU]ACCOUNTINGFINANCE when a company’s liabilities are more than its assets The level of bad debts at some Thai banks may mean that some have negative equity. → equity
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