Word familynounnegationnegationistnegativenessnegativismnegativistnegativitynegatornegatronnegative equityadjectivenegativenegativisticnegatoryadverbnegativelyverbnegate
a situation in which someone owes more money on a mortgage (=arrangement to borrow money to pay for a house) than they would receive if they sold their house 资产负值,负资产〔指资产值低于抵押款〕
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negative equity• Dave Escott bought at the height of the boom, and any back rent will only add to his negative equity.• The risk of another plague of negative equity in the highly-priced areas must now be significant.• Those with negative equity clearly benefit from higher prices, but many others gain from lower ones.