interest
68
6.5
- noun
- /ˈɪntrəst/
- Specialized
- In some instances, it is in the best interests of a child to change schools.
- a vested interest
- conflict of interest
- rights and interests
Examples
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The company is seeking investors who are willing to buy a share of its interest in the real estate market.
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With the money I make from that, I can buy an interest in a ship.
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Well, take a look at the federal government's interest payments on loans.
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Businesses have a vested interest in helping to create and promote a safe environment for consumers.
Academic text (1999) -
Scientists have a vested interest in retaining control of artifacts for study.
Academic text (2011) -
The authors have no financial disclosures or conflicts of interest to declare.
Academic text (2011) -
As a minority shareholder, she holds an interest in the success of the business.
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He sold his interest in the partnership to focus on his own start-up.
Synonyms
122
4.2
A share in a business or project
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
330
2.3
The extra money you pay when you borrow or receive when you save each year
108
3.6
A group or organization that tries to influence government decisions to help its own members
- Formal
95
1.9
A situation when someone has two interests that could affect their decisions
- Specialized
52
3.4
A loan or card that charges only a small extra amount for borrowing money
36
3.8
A person or group that benefits from the current situation and tries to keep it
21
3.9
A group that tries to influence government decisions often by talking to politicians
- Specialized
7
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
3
3.5
A small group inside an organization that works on a specific topic or project, not for politics
2
6.5
A feeling of wanting a team, person, or cause to win because you care about them
- Specialized
1
4.2
The lowest interest rate banks charge to their best business customers
1
3.7
A group of people who try to influence government decisions about one issue
- Formal
1
7.1
A legal right to get money if a person dies or property is damaged because you would lose money
- Specialized
1
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
1
7.5
A way of joining two companies' financial records by adding what they own and what they owe, often avoiding tax
- Formal
1
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 Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Interest (a legal right or share) comes from Latin inter- ('between') and esse ('to be'), meaning 'what concerns someone'. So an interest in property or a company is the part or right that 'belongs' to you and matters to you, like a 'share'.