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Owners Equity (Net Assets): The ownership interest in the assets of an entity: equal total assets minus total liabilities.

Long-Term Equity Anticipation Securities (LEAPS): These long-term options on stocks have expiration dates of up to three years rather than the shorter terms of most stock options, which are never longer than nine months. The benefit of LEAP . . . View Full Definition

Negative Equity: A situation where the purchaser of a property has taken out a mortgage and some time after the purchase, the value of the property falls below the mortgage amount.

Long-Term Debt-To-Equity Ratio: A capitalization ratio comparing long-term debt to shareholders' equity.

Net Assets (Owners Equity): The ownership interest in the assets of an entity: equal total assets minus total liabilities.

Link Equity: A measure of how strong a site is based on its inbound link popularity and the authority of the sites providing those links.

Leveraged Equity: Stock in a firm that relies on financial leverage. Holders of leveraged equity experience the benefits and costs of using debt.

Network Basic Input - Output System (NetBIOS): A commonly used networking protocol originally developed for LANs. Operates on the Session and Transport layers of the OSI model, so doesn't make use of physical network characteristics.

Owners Title Insurance: An insurance policy protecting the buyer for the amount of the purchase price in the event of a future title dispute.

Ownership: Rights to the use, enjoyment, and alienation of property, to the exclusion of others. Concerning real property, absolute rights are rare, being restricted by zoning laws, restrictions, liens, etc.