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Interest   /ˈɪntrəst/  /ˈɪntrɪst/  /ˈɪntərəst/  /ˈɪntərɪst/   Listen
Interest

noun
1.
A sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something.  Synonym: involvement.
2.
A reason for wanting something done.  Synonym: sake.  "Died for the sake of his country" , "In the interest of safety" , "In the common interest"
3.
The power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.).  Synonym: interestingness.  "Primary colors can add interest to a room"  Antonym: uninterestingness.
4.
A fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed.
5.
(law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something.  Synonym: stake.  "A stake in the company's future"
6.
(usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims.  Synonym: interest group.
7.
A diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly).  Synonyms: pastime, pursuit.  "His main pastime is gambling" , "He counts reading among his interests" , "They criticized the boy for his limited pursuits"
verb
(past & past part. interested; pres. part. interesting)
1.
Excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of.  Antonym: bore.
2.
Be on the mind of.  Synonyms: concern, occupy, worry.
3.
Be of importance or consequence.  Synonym: matter to.



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"Interest" Quotes from Famous Books



... prices, and became a subject of the wildest speculation. In 1874-75 cock-fighting was all the rage. Foreign waltzing and gigantic funerals were the fashion one year, while wrestling was the fad at another time, even the then prime minister, Count Kuroda, taking the lead. But the point of our special interest is as to whether fickleness is an essential element of Japanese character, and so dominant that wherever the people may be and whatever their surroundings, they will always be fickle; or whether this trait is due to the conditions of their recent ...
— Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic • Sidney L. Gulick

... from the large Colony of Virginia, I observed, that tho' it be thus advantageous, yet it is capable of great Improvements still, and requires several Alterations, both with Regard to its own Welfare, and the Interest of Great Britain. Observing moreover, that few People in England (even many concerned in publick Affairs of this kind) have correct Notions of the true State of the Plantations; and having been eagerly applied to frequently, by Persons of the greatest ...
— The Present State of Virginia • Hugh Jones

... I left the merry hunters, returning from Hounslow Heath, all in Portsmouth's interest," he said. "Is ...
— Mistress Nell - A Merry Tale of a Merry Time • George C. Hazelton, Jr.

... the temperance cause had brought her to the Convention? Why had she been delegated to take her seat in that body except on the ground that she was a devoted friend of the temperance enterprise, and had an interest in every movement pertaining to the total abstinence cause? She had been delegated there by total abstinence societies because of her fitness as a temperance woman to advocate the temperance cause, so dear ...
— History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I • Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn Gage

... mind there was no help for me. I had to use about all the strength I had to walk; I could not lift my left foot up to step over anything—had to draw it after me; I could hardly sleep; neither could I transact any business, in fact I did not take any interest in any of my affairs. It seemed to me as though I did not have a friend on earth, and I longed for death to come to put me out of ...
— The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English • R. V. Pierce


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