sweat equity | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,real estate,business)Aninvestmentoflabour, typically by the owner and often his or her family, usually in a smallbusinessor personalresidencethat increases the value of the business or residence.My wife and I have put a lot ofsweat equityinto our home: I did the renovations and she did the redecorating.1949, U.S. House of Representatives,Housing amendments of 1949: Hearing before the Committee on Banking and Currency‎[1], U.S. Govt. Printing Office, page203:Mr. TALLE: His time and his wife's time in that article is called the "sweat equity".Mr. GRIGGS: Look at the fun they had doing it.

Examples:

EN: Willie and the kids are putting in their 500 hours of sweat equity, but they need extra hands.
ES: Willie y los chicos aportan sus 500 horas de trabajo pero necesitan manos extras.
EN: In 5 years, his sweat equity will have bought him 8% of the company.
ES: En 5 años, el sudor de su trabajo... le permitirá comprar el 8% de la compañía.
EN: I mean, no cash, but sweat equity.
ES: Vaya, no dinero, pero sí trabajo.
EN: We'll argue sweat equity.
ES: Argumentaremos trabajo equitativo.
EN: Mr. Parker, am I to understand that you're arguing sweat equity?
ES: Sr. Parker ¿debo entender que está argumentando equidad de trabajo?
EN: Because of my sweat equity.
ES: Por mi propio esfuerzo.
EN: And what it shows is that you knew the right answer right from the beginning, no sweat equity at all.
ES: Y muestran que sabías la respuesta desde el principio, sin ningún esfuerzo.
EN: This is about, you know, putting the sweat equity in now and never going back to the client and asking for more money and coming in under budget and making beautiful homes.
ES: Esto va de, ya sabes,poniendo toda la carne en el asador ahora y nunca volver hacia el cliente y pedirle mas dinero y que esté por debajo del presupuesto y hacer casa bonitas
EN: I tell you what, I'll throw in liquor sales, but only after my sweat equity has been recouped.
ES: Te diré lo que, voy a tirar en las ventas de bebidas alcohólicas, pero sólo después de mi sudor se ha recuperado.
EN: My inspiration, my vision, your sweat equity.
ES: Mi inspiración, mi visión, tu capacidad de sudar.
EN: Take credit for my sweat equity?
ES: ¿Llevarse el mérito de mi trabajo duro?
EN: What about my sweat equity?
ES: ¿Y mi recompensa por el sudor perdido?
EN: Well, what a... what a... What about the sweat equity I put in with my kids?
ES: ¿Y la recompensa por el sudor perdido en mis hijas?
EN: This is going to be a lot of extra sweat equity to make this work.
ES: Habrá que trabajar duro bastante más para que esto resulte.
EN: We put $26,000 into this Bus, plus a ton of sweat equity.
ES: Pusimos 26 000 dólares en el Bus más muchísima mano de obra.

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