SWEAT EQUITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sweat equity mean? 

• SWEAT EQUITY (noun)
  The noun SWEAT EQUITY has 1 sense:

1. interest in a building that a tenant earns by contributing to its renovation or maintenance

  Familiarity information: SWEAT EQUITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SWEAT EQUITY (noun)

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Meaning:

Interest in a building that a tenant earns by contributing to its renovation or maintenance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("sweat equity" is a kind of...):

equity (the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation)