9 to conceal in or about the hand, as in sleight-of-hand tricks. 10 to touch or soothe with the palm of the hand, (See also) â palm off. (C14 paume, via Old French from Latin palma; compare Old English folm palm of the hand, Greek palame). English Collins Dictionary-English Definition & Thesaurus &nbsp. See also:
owners' equity. The owners' interest in the assets of a business. Owners' equity includes the amount invested by the owners plus the profits (or minus the losses) in the enterprise. Owners' equity and liabilities are used to finance a firm's assets. Also called net assets, shareholders' equity, stockholders' equity.
An instrument that signifies an ownership position (called equity) in a corporation, and represents a claim on its proportional share in the corporation's assets and profits. Ownership in the company is determined by the number of shares a person owns divided by the total number of shares outstanding. For example, if a company has 1000 shares of stock outstanding and a person owns 50 of them, then he/she owns 5% of the company.