Idiom
sweat equity
Meaning
An investment of labour, typically by the owner and often his or her family, usually in a small business or personal residence that increases the value of the business or residence.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“They built their business using sweat equity instead of bank loans.”
“By painting and repairing the house themselves, the couple added significant sweat equity to their first home.”
“The startup founders invested years of sweat equity into the project, hoping their hard work would eventually yield a substantial return when the company went public.”
Examples
simple
“They built their business using sweat equity instead of bank loans.”
contextual
“By painting and repairing the house themselves, the couple added significant sweat equity to their first home.”
complex
“The startup founders invested years of sweat equity into the project, hoping their hard work would eventually yield a substantial return when the company went public.”
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