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What does Sweat Equity mean?

An interest or increased value in a property or business earned through unpaid work or effort, rather than monetary investment.

Sweat Equity in a sentence
The founders built their company on sweat equity, working long hours without pay for the first year.

Sweat Equity in German, French, Spanish and Italian

German
Muskelhypothek
also Arbeitsbeteiligung

Eigenleistung durch Arbeit statt durch finanzielle Einlagen.

French
Apport en industrie

Contribution non financière apportée par les fondateurs sous forme de travail.

Spanish
Capital de sudor
also Capital de trabajo

Participación en una empresa ganada mediante el trabajo y no mediante dinero.

Italian
Capitale di sudore

Quota di partecipazione ottenuta tramite il lavoro prestato gratuitamente.

Synonyms and opposites for Sweat Equity

  • Synonym Human capital investment
  • Opposite Financial equity

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