interest
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈɪntrəst/
- A little bit about interest group competition first.
- interest groups
- national interests
- commercial interests
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Examples
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Thank you everyone for your interest and support.
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Today, Russia and the United States share few interests and even fewer priorities.
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It's in your best interest to find the money.
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And if so, is it to protect American interests and national security?
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I mean the the public interest has to be protected.
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Who would defend the interests of the poor Italian farmers?
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There's certainly more academic interest in these topics.
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Elementary social justice and economic interest would dictate a reform of health care to correct this situation.
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The administration's grand strategy was therefore perceived as promoting narrow U.S. interests rather than global public goods.
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Environmental interests often advocate for policies that protect natural resources.
Synonyms
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3.6
A group or organization that tries to influence government decisions to help its own members
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3.1
A group of people with the same goal who try to influence public decisions
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3.5
A small group inside an organization that works on a specific topic or project, not for politics
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
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2.3
The extra money you pay when you borrow or receive when you save each year
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3.6
A group or organization that tries to influence government decisions to help its own members
- Formal
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1.9
A situation when someone has two interests that could affect their decisions
- Specialized
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3.4
A loan or card that charges only a small extra amount for borrowing money
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3.8
A person or group that benefits from the current situation and tries to keep it
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3.9
A group that tries to influence government decisions often by talking to politicians
- Specialized
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3.5
Having more than half the voting shares of a company gives control over its decisions
- Specialized
7
3.1
Extra money added to your savings and then paid again on that amount
- Specialized
3
3.9
Money a company pays for borrowing money recorded as a cost in its accounts
- Jargon
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3.5
A small group inside an organization that works on a specific topic or project, not for politics
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6.5
A feeling of wanting a team, person, or cause to win because you care about them
- Specialized
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4.2
The lowest interest rate banks charge to their best business customers
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3.7
A group of people who try to influence government decisions about one issue
- Formal
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7.1
A legal right to get money if a person dies or property is damaged because you would lose money
- Specialized
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3.4
Extra money added only to the original amount, not to any earlier added money
A large amount of attention and worry from many people about an event or issue
- Archaic
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7.5
A way of joining two companies' financial records by adding what they own and what they owe, often avoiding tax
- Formal
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9.9
A temporary right to property that ends on a set event, for example death or remarriage
- Formal
A legal right someone already has that cannot be taken away and can be moved to another person
How Influential
Surface Forms
Etymology
Interest (groups or 'interests') comes from the idea in Latin inter- ('between') + esse ('to be') of shared things that 'matter'. So powerful interests are groups of people who share the same concerns and work together for what matters to them.