What is the difference between debt and equity?

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What is the difference between debt and equity?..

Answer / shruti

debt and equity bith are types of borrowings that companies
make from general public.
Debt holders are like money lenders, companies are obliged
to pay back the money to debt holders even if its making
loses. They are the first ones who are paid back money even
before equity holders.
Equity holders on the other hand are the owners of a
company. They dont just share profits but also loses that a
company make.

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What is the difference between debt and equity?..

Answer / r.padmalakshmi,student

debt means an amount borrowed by the company and need to be
repaid. equity investments are brought in by the investors
who like to share the ownership.

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What is the difference between debt and equity?..

Answer / manju

Debt is a loan borrowed by a company from financial
institutions like banks and money lenders , etc. They are
provided interest as the remuneration and they are the
creditors of the company.
Whereas equity is collected from general public or
institution through the issue of shares.They get
remuneration in the name of dividends. The holders of
shares are the owners of the company and they take part in
it's affairs.

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What is the difference between debt and equity?..

Answer / sachin sharma

debt is the money which company has a obligation to pay in
any condition.they get predecided interest not profit
equity holder is the owner of company .

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What is the difference between debt and equity?..

Answer / i k pavan

debt means the company must pay the intrest,and it is the
repayable ammount,when the company pay the dividend the
company first prefer to the debenture hoders.
but the equity ammount does not pay,the compny only pay the
dividends,butnot pay any intrest the dividend ammount is
mainl depending on profits of the company.

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What is the difference between debt and equity?..

Answer / abhijeet

Debt means Borrowed Capital(debenture) from borrowers it may
be Financial Institutions, Banks, money lending companies etc.
Fixed amount of Interest is paid to its Debenture holders. &
this type of capital funding is cheaper than Equity
Equity is nothing but raising funds from general public they
have least priority and Dividend is required to be paid only
if there is profit remains for it.

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What is the difference between debt and equity?..

Answer / sheetal kumar garg

debt means loans who provides by any financial institutions
and repaid by the people and on interest rate on fixed on
debt. but equity means cash market who invest in cash it is
highly risky.

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What is the difference between debt and equity?..

Answer / damu1707

Debt means the amount borrowed by the company form outsiders like financial institutions, lending organisation and etc.

Equity means amount invested by it's share holders in business and it's proprietor. they can get the dividends out of profits earned by the company.

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What is the difference between debt and equity?..

Answer / a.dhanabal

Debt Is Borrower From Banks& other Funding Agency.
But Equity Is Individual Contribution And Liable have the
company

Is This Answer Correct ?    6 Yes 3 No

What is the difference between debt and equity?..

Answer / purvi

debts are the loans having fixed return irrespective of
companys health whereas eqiuty returns depend on companys
health
debts are close ended and equity are open ended or both
debts are given first preference on repayment during
bankruptcy whereas equity are given second.

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