sweat equity
noun[U]
ukusthe hardworkthat someone does tobuildorimproveabusiness,project, orproductthathelpstoincreaseitsvalue:
Sweatequityhashelpedtodevelopthebusinessthisfar.
Examplesofsweat equity
sweat equity
The more labor applied to the home, and the greater the resultant increase in value, the moresweatequityhas been used.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In a partnership, some partners may contribute to the firm only capital and others onlysweatequity.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Once construction on the home is finished and thesweatequityis completed in full, the homeowners typically rent for up to six months.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Moreover, the cost of projects is offset by using communitysweatequityand existing local finance facilities.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Cited as an example of independent film industrysweatequity.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thissweatequityacts as the down payment on the home.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The goal of residential trusts is often to protect housing prices from real estate speculation and gentrification, as well as to allow residents to accrue ownership equity, includingsweatequity.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Villagers providesweatequitylabor, and village elders help determine a wells location and appoint one of their people to maintain the completed well and its pump.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is referred to assweatequity.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The termsweatequityexplains the fact that value added to someone's own house by unpaid work results in measurable market rate value increase in house price.
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