interest

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit…

   The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.

   • Our bank offers borrowers an annual interest of 5%.
2. 2

   Any excess over and above an exact equivalent

   • You shall have your desires with interest
3. 3

   A great attention and concern from someone or something

   A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.

   • He has a lot of interest in vintage cars.
   • I have a lot of interest in doing online coding.
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   1. 4

      Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.

   2. 5

      An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or…

      An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor.

      • When scientists and doctors write articles and when politicians run for office, they are required in many countries to declare any existing conflicts of interest (competing interests).
      • I have business interests in South Africa.
      • She has an interest in the proceedings, and all stakeholders' interests must be protected.
   3. 6

      Something which, or someone whom, one is interested in.

      • Lexicography is one of my interests.
      • Victorian furniture is an interest of mine.
      • The main character's romantic interest will be played by a non-professional actor.
   4. 7

      Condition or quality of exciting concern or being of importance.

      • The Conscience indeed is already violated when to moral good or evil we oppose things possessing no moral interest: […]
   5. 8

      Injury, or compensation for injury

      Injury, or compensation for injury; damages.

      • How can this infinite beauty, power and goodnes admit any correspondencie or similitude with a thing so base and abject as we are, without extreme interest and manifest derogation from his divine greatnesse?
   6. 9

      The persons and companies interested in any particular business or measure, taken…

      The persons and companies interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively.

      • the iron interest;  the cotton interest
   7. 10

      A genre of factual short films, generally more amusing than informative, especially those…

      A genre of factual short films, generally more amusing than informative, especially those not covered by a more specific genre label.

      • The arrangements made ensured that the total cost of censorship could be kept down to one-fifth of a penny per foot of film censored (and even one-tenth of a penny per foot in cases of Topical, Travel, Interest and Educational Films).
   8. 11

      To engage the attention of

      To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing.

      • It might interest you to learn that others have already tried that approach.
      • Action films don't really interest me.
   9. 12

      To be concerned with or engaged in

      To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.

      • Oh, rather, gracious sir, / Create me to this glory; since my cause / Doth interest this fair quarrel; valued least, / I am his equal.
   10. 13

       To cause or permit to share.

       • The mystical communion of all faithful men is such as maketh every one to be interested in those precious blessings which any one of them receiveth at God's hands.

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