Interest

Definition: Interest

Interest

Noun

1. A sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something; "an interest in music".

2. The power of attracting or holding one's interest (because it is unusual or exciting etc.); "they said nothing of great interest"; "primary colors can add interest to a room".

3. A reason for wanting something done; "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest".

4. A fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed; "how much interest do you pay on your mortgage?".

5. A subject or pursuit that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly): "sailing is her favorite pastime"; "his main pastime is gambling"; "he counts reading among his interests"; "they criticized the boy for his limited interests".

6. A right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future".

7. (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims; "the iron interests stepped up production".

Verb

1. Excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of.

2. Be on the mind of; "What is worrying you?".

3. Be of importance or consequence; "This matters to me!".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "interest" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Business

Economics

Federal Student Aid

Finance

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Interest

Aid

Patronage, championship, countenance, favor, interest, advocacy.

Amusement

Recreate, solace, cheer, rejoice; please; interest; treat, regale.

Excitation

Verb: excite, affect, touch, move, impress, strike, interest, animate, inspire, impassion, smite, infect; stir the blood, fire the blood, warm the blood; set astir; wake, awake, awaken; call forth; evoke, provoke; raise up, summon up, call up, wake up, blow up, get up, light up; raise; get up the steam, rouse, arouse, stir; fire, kindle, enkindle, apply the torch, set on fire, inflame.

Good

Noun: good, benefit, advantage; improvement; greatest good, supreme good; interest, service, behoof, behalf; weal; main chance, summum bonum, common weal; "consummation devoutly to be wished"; gain, boot; profit, harvest.

Importance

Import, significance, concern; emphasis, interest.

Influence

Noun: influence; importance; weight, pressure, preponderance, prevalence, sway; predominance, predominancy; ascendency; dominance, reign; control, domination, pull; authority; capability; (power); effect; interest.

Pain

Attract, allure; (move); stimulate; (excite); interest.

Relation

Verb: be related; Adjective: have a relation; Noun: relate to, refer to; bear upon, regard, concern, touch, affect, have to do with; pertain to, belong to, appertain to; answer to; interest.

Noun: relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern,. cognation; correlation; analogy; similarity; affinity, homology, alliance, homogeneity, association; approximation; (nearness); filiation; (consanguinity); interest; relevancy; dependency, relationship, relative position.

Crosswords: Interest

Dutch (interest), Latin (be different, be in the midst, be or lie between, be present, interest, it concerns, it interests, it is of importance, it makes a difference, take part in).

Whenever it is,it's still the best interest free loan you'll ever get. (The Firm; writing credit: David Rabe)

Last night you expressed an interest in Monsieur Ugarte (Casablanca; writing credit: Murray Burnett; Joan Alison)

When the place was built in 1907, there was very little interest in winter sports (The Shining; writing credit: Stanley Kubrick)

Well, he expressed an interest. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Niel, it's very rare that you interest me but today you have (The Young Ones; writing credit: Ben Elton; Rik Mayall)

If they can't raise my interest then I (Material Girl; performing artist: Madonna)

Worry is interest paid in advance for a debt you many never owe. (references; author: unknown)

He who can take no interest in what is small will take false interest in what is great. (references; author: unknown)

Prurient Interest (1973)

How to Develop Interest (1950)

Halifax f.p: A Person of Interest (2000)

Finding Interest (1994)

In the Best Interest of the Children (1992)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Oriental Interest Berhad: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The 2001 Report on Special Interest Magazines: World Market Segmentation by City (reference)

• The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Home Interest and Gardening Magazines (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• The Doctrine of Interest and Annuities: Analytically Investigated and Explained, Together With Several Useful Tables Connected With the Subject (reference)

• The 16% Solution: How to Get High Interest Rates in a Low Interest World With Tax Lien Certificates (reference)

• Virginia Migrations : Hanover County. Volume I (1723-1850) : Wills, Deeds, Depositions, Invoices, Letters, and Other Documents of Historical and Genealogical Interest. Volume II (1743-1871) : Wills, Deeds, Depositions, Letters, Marriages, Obituaries, Esta (reference)

• Capitalization of Interest Cost in Financial Statements That Include Investments Accounted for by the Equity Method: An Amendment of Fasb Statement No. 34 (reference)

• Credit Card & Debt Management: A Step-By-Step How-To Guide for Organizing Debt & Saving Money on Interest Payments (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• British Interest Group Of Wisconsin And Illinois Membership (reference)

• Developmental Disabilities Special Interest Section Newsletter (reference)

• Education - Special Interest Section Newsletter (reference)

• Family Literacy Interest Group Of Ontario Membership (reference)

• Home & Community Health Special Interest Section Newsletter (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Conflict of Interest (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Sustained Interest Ep (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A bacteria mix is spread on an agar plate. From that plate, a recombinant clone containing a gene of interest is lifted. Then large amounts of the bacteria are grown and the plasma is harvested. The DNA is then extracted and used for studying genes, including oncogenes. Also in the same setting is a male, oriental scientist holding an agar plate. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Various surveying concepts. Of particular interest is the diagram 80 which depicts the modern method of leveling. Credit: Treasures of the Library.

Figure 64. Series of Thoulet's sieves for sorting sediment material of varying sizes on the top. On the bottom, various types of laboratory glass ware used by Thoulet in sediment studies. Thoulet was very concerned with the classificatio n of marine sediments beginning with his first interest in oceanography in 1885. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 65. Thoulet device for separating sediment from water. This device was developed to obtain very fine sediment samples that were still suspended in the water after passing through a series of sieves. Thoulet developed this instrument in 1878 prior to developing an interest in oceanography. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

East elevation. Photograph by Walter Smalling, Jr., March 1980. (Reproduction Number: HABS, FL,13-MIAM,16-1) The southern end of Miami Beach contains a rich collection of Art Deco architecture, the most famous of which are a series of small hotels facing towards the beach. Larger and more flamboyant hotels were built after World War II as Miami Beach expanded to the north. By the late 1970s, development pressures threatened the Art Deco district. A group of local citizens recognized the uniqueness of the area and sought to preserve the architectural heritage the buildings represented. One of their approaches was to have HABS document the district in large format photographs. Those photographs were widely published and helped to generate national interest in the Art Deco district. Today, many of the buildings were restored to their original splendor as the area has been revitalized and once again become popular. Credit: Library of Congress.

Political Jesuitism--or interest versus principle. Credit: Library of Congress.

His revenge : time: any morning at 4:15 Mr. Diggs, having been kept up late for the last twenty years and rebuked for his lack of interest, develops a sudden enthusiasm : Mrs. Diggs and the girls now do the waiting. Credit: Library of Congress.

A study in public interest. Credit: Library of Congress.

Rising interest rates about to puncture an inflated economy. Credit: Library of Congress.

On the rack : generosity is easy when you can't get your money back with interest. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

If one who has borrowed from the Jews any sum, great or small, die before that loan be repaid, the debt shall not bear interest while the heir is under age, of whomsoever he may hold; and if the debt fall into our hands, we will not take anything except the principal sum contained in the bond. (reference)

He was fittest to be trusted; paternal affection secured their property and interest under his care; and the custom of obeying him, in their childhood, made it easier to submit to him, rather than to any other. (Second Treatise of Government)

In January 1786, the Legislature of Virginia passed a resolution providing for the appointment of five commissioners, who, or any three of them, should meet such commissioners as might be appointed in the other States of the Union, at a time and place to be agreed upon, to take into consideration the trade of the United States; to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony; and to report to the several States such an act, relative to this great object, as, when ratified by them, will enable the United States in Congress effectually to provide for the same. (reference)

The question, whether an act, repugnant to the constitution, can become the law of the land, is a question deeply interesting to the United States; but happily, not of an intricacy proportioned to its interest. (reference)

While this "True" Socialism thus served the governments as a weapon for fighting the German bourgeoisie, it, at the same time, directly represented a reactionary interest, the interest of the German Philistines. (reference)

The method of discharging the obligation, both in respect of capital and of interest, so assumed shall be fixed by the Reparation Commission. (reference)

None of these clash with the general interest of a world agreement, or a world organization; on the contrary they help it. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

For the stage subsequent to approximately the end of the first trimester, the State, in promoting its interest in the health of the mother, may, if it chooses, regulate the abortion procedure in ways that are reasonably related to maternal health. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I have a very sincere interest in Emma

It may interest some of my Readers to know the theory on which this story is constructed

The minister had inquired of Hester, with no little interest, the precise time at which the vessel might be expected to depart

Indeed all these details interest me very little

And then he lost interest again

The devil goes on exacting compound interest to the last for his early share and numerous succeeding investments in them

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Some lose interest in sex or find it uncomfortable. (references)

They interest Alzheimer's researchers for two reasons. (references)

The reasons for interest in prenatal genetic testing are diverse. (references)

Business

Two of these have US interest. (references)

Here we see no sign of reduced interest in the vacation market. (references)

This should accelerate interest and access to commercial coverage. (references)

Children

Philippines

The rules permit nonlawyers to pose questions, allow the child to have companions of her own choosing present, provide for the exclusion of persons not having a direct interest in the case, and permit use of videotaped testimony and one-way mirrors. (references)

Civil Liberties

Bulgaria

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church gave no indication of any interest or intent to establish a radio station. (references)

Uzbekistan

Security services' interest in Khasanov apparently stems from the fact that many in his family are pious Muslims. (references)

Economic History

Nicaragua

The market establishes interest rates. (references)

Turkey

Overnight interest rates soared to 1,500 percent. (references)

Croatia

This project is already of interest to EXIM Bank. (references)

Human Rights

Korea

The regime, therefore, claims a social interest in identifying and isolating all opposition. (references)

Marshall Islands

No international human rights organization has expressed interest or concern or visited the country. (references)

Georgia

Pressure from extensive family and political and economic interest groups was extensive, and bribery was common. (references)

Indigenous People

Norway

The royal family has supported the Sami through their interest in Sami culture and by visiting Sami areas. (references)

India

These integrative policies have been motivated partly by humanitarian concerns, although interest in commercial exploitation of virgin forests that are inhabited by tribal people is another strong factor behind these policies. (references)

Minorities

Hungary

Some of these loans are to be given at favorable interest rates and may reduce the number of forced evictions. (references)

Political Economy

Hong Kong

Eight are elected by interest groups. (references)

BANGLADESH

Vested interest groups often successfully oppose reform effort. (references)

Mexico

A strong and economically healthy Mexico is a fundamental U.S. interest. (references)

Political Rights

Mali

The President may submit any question of national interest to a referendum after consultation with the Constitutional Court. (references)

Uzbekistan

Other interest groups are forbidden from participating in campaigns and candidates may meet with voters only in forums organized by precinct election commissions. (references)

Czech Republic

In March a "shadow" cabinet--which has no power but follows special topics of interest and prepares coordinated responses for policy papers--was formed and is comprised of prominent women politicians and activists. (references)

Trade

Brazil

No interest coverage is offered. (references)

Spain

Inflation and interest rates are at historic lows. (references)

West Bank

These guarantees cover 100% of principal and interest. (references)

Travel

New Zealand

Because public hospital waiting lists have lengthened, there is greater interest in private medical insurance. (references)

Armenia

This, combined with old Soviet working habits, means that many Armenian firms answer only correspondence that is of vital interest to them. (references)

Botswana

Although odd for an American businessperson, these occurrences are not indications of a lack of respect or interest in your business offer. (references)

Women

Cameroon

The law allows a husband to oppose his wife's right to work in a separate profession if the protest is made in the interest of the household and the family. (references)

Pakistan

The Shirkat Gah Women's Resource Center in Karachi published a report in 1999 that summarized reports in the English language press about violence against women between 1993 and 1998. Even though it limited itself to reports of violence by close male relatives, Shirkat Gah documented 535 women who were killed or who committed suicide during the period; 95 of these women were killed or committed suicide after they expressed interest in marrying a man of their own choice. (references)

Worker Rights

Brunei

There is little interest on the part of workers in forming trade unions, and existing unions are not very active. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "interest": a question of great interest ♦ accrued interest ♦ accumulate interest on the capital ♦ accumulated interest ♦ area of interest ♦ area of operational interest ♦ bank interest ♦ be of interest ♦ bear interest ♦ bear interest at 10 % ♦ bearing no interest ♦ beneficial interest ♦ blended interest rate ♦ borrow at interest ♦ calculate interest ♦ center of interest ♦ centre of interest ♦ charge interest ♦ checking account with interest ♦ collective interest ♦ common interest group fare ♦ compound interest ♦ compounded interest ♦ conflict of interest ♦ contractual interest ♦ controlling interest ♦ date of payment of interest ♦ debt interest ♦ deemed interest ♦ default interest ♦ especial interest ♦ exorbitant interest ♦ exorbitant rate of interest ♦ explicit interest ♦ extortionate interest ♦ feel an interest in ♦ field of interest ♦ fixed interest securities ♦ floating interest rate ♦ give a joint interest ♦ gross interest ♦ have an interest in ♦ high interest rates ♦ human interest ♦ implicit interest ♦ imputed interest ♦ imputed interest accruing to insurance policy holders ♦ in one's interest ♦ in one's own interest ♦ in the interest of ♦ income from investment in and loans to undertaking in which the business has a participating interest or joint ventures ♦ intense interest ♦ interest capitalization ♦ interest charge ♦ interest charged ♦ interest charges ♦ interest expense ♦ interest group ♦ interest Group in Pure and Applied Logics ♦ interest income ♦ interest on amounts paid ♦ interest on arrears ♦ interest on deferred payment ♦ interest oneself in ♦ interest paid ♦ interest payment ♦ Interest policy ♦ interest rate ♦ interest rate on a bank discount basis ♦ interest remission ♦ keen interest ♦ lack of interest ♦ landed interest ♦ late interest ♦ legal interest rate ♦ lend at interest ♦ lending money at interest ♦ Life interest ♦ lose in interest ♦ lose interest ♦ lose interest in smth. ♦ lose one's interest ♦ low interest rate ♦ main interest ♦ majority interest ♦ Marine interest ♦ marked interest ♦ moratorium interest ♦ moratory interest ♦ mutual interest ♦ negative interest ♦ net interest cost ♦ object of interest ♦ of current interest ♦ of lasting interest ♦ of minor interest ♦ of no interest ♦ pay interest ♦ pay interest on ♦ payment of interest ♦ personal interest. Additional references.

Beginning with "interest": interest-based, interest-bearing, interest-bound, interest-earning, interest-elastic, interest-elasticity, interest-free, interest-freedom, interest-group, interest-groups, interest-inelastic, interest-investment, interest-led, interest-maintenance, interest-only, interest-paying, interest-rate, interest-rate-conscious, interest-rate-induced, interest-rates, interest-rate-sensitive, interest-related, interest-sensitive, interest-subsidy, interest-type.

Ending with "interest": fixed-interest, high-interest, low-interest, non-interest, public-interest, special-interest.

Containing "interest": non-interest-bearing.

Afrikaans

belangstelling, belang (account, advantage, benefit, concern, gain, profit). (various references)

Albanian

interes (account, behalf, palate, percentage, sake, savor, savour, self interest). (various references)

Arabic 

‏خير (beneficent, benevolent, charitable, good, welfare, well being), ‏شوق (eagerness, longing, yearning), ‏رغب (care, choose, crave, desire, feel like, give the willies, want, will, wish), ‏أثار إنتباه, ‏أصحاب النفوذ, ‏أسهم (contribute, give a share in, participate, pool, share in, stocks), ‏إعتنى (attend, care, care about, groom, look after, mean, see to, tend), ‏شأن (business, concern, consequence, import, importance, pigeon), ‏إهتمام (attention, concern, heed, regard, solicitude, studiousness), مصلحة (welfare), ‏صلاح (godliness, goodness, righteousness), ‏عناية (attendance, attention, care, concern, custody, heed, keeping, notice), ‏حث (actuate, admonish, debriefing, dub, encourage, encouragement, goad, gun, hurry, impel, incitation, incite, induce, induce to speak, inducement, motivate, motivation, motive, persuade, precipitate, press, prod, prompt, prompting, propel, provocation, provoke, push on, recommend, rouse, solicit, solicitation, spur, stimulate, stimulation, stir, tempt), ‏مصلحة (advantage, benefit, department, service, weal), ‏فائدة (advantage, avail, behoof, benefit, good, increase, living, pay off, pay-book, profit, scoop, use, usefulness, usury, utility, welfare, worth), ‏فوائد (avails, spoil), ‏إهتم (attend, do, go in for, heed, look after, reck). (various references)

Bulgarian 

заинтересованост, изгода (account, advantage, convenience, gain, lucre, plunder, profit, spoil), интерес (concern, fascination, mustard, punch, savor, savour, wonderment), интересувам (touch), полза (account, advantage, avail, behoof, boot, expedience, expediency, favour, good, profit, use, utility, value, velvet), привличам вниманието на, преимущество (advantage, odds, perquisite, privilege, superiority, whip hand), лихва (dividend, increase), дял (allocation, allotment, concern, contingent, deal, dos, lobe, parcel, part, partition, portion, proportion, quantum, quota, sector, segment, share, slice, snack, value, whack), заинтересовам (take an interest), участие (appurtenance, communion, contribution, dos, immixture, part, participation, partnership, share), заинтересувам, заангажирам с участие, значение (account, amount, consequence, consideration, denotation, hang, heft, import, importance, intention, magnitude, matter, meaning, message, moment, notability, object, pith, sense, significance, signification, tenor, value, weight), влияние (action, coloring, colouring, credit, dominance, domination, drag, effect, empire, force, grip, gripe, hold, impact, influence, leaven, prestige, pull, punch, purchase, reach, stimulus, sway), важност (account, concern, concernment, gravity, import, importance, magnitude, materiality, moment, pith, pomposity, self-importance, seriousness, significance, solemnity, stress, value, weight), кръг от хора с общи интереси, кръг от хора с общи цели, част (concern, detachment, division, fraction, lap, leg, member, movement, outfit, parcel, part, partition, piece, portion, proportion, quantum, quota, rate, section, segment, share, slice, snack, unit), любопитност. (various references)

Chinese 

興致 , 興趣 , 興 (flourish, it is the fashion to, to become popular), 愛好 (hobby, to be fond of, to be keen on, to like), 息 (breath, news, rest), 兴趣, 利益 (benefit). (various references)

Czech

zájem (concern). (various references)

Danish

interesse (account). (various references)

Dutch

rente (income, percent, percentage, return), interest, interesseren (captivate), belang inboezemen (captivate). (various references)

Esperanto

interesto, intereso, interesiĝo, interesi, rentumo. (various references)

Faeroese

hava áhuga (captivate), áhugi (account). (various references)

Farsi 

مصلحت (Advice, Expedient, Rede), تنزیل , سود (Advantage, Avail, Dividend, Fruit, Gain, Good, Grist, Increment, Lucre, Profit, Utter), علاقه (Bind, Penchant, Tie), ذینفع کردن , دلبستگی . (various references)

Finnish

korko (heel, income, return, stress), kiinnostaa (captivate). (various references)

French

intérêt. (various references)

Frisian

ynteresse (account), belangstelling (account, activity, gusto, spirit, stir, zest). (various references)

German

Zins (account, percent, percentage, rent, tax, tribute, water rates), Interesse (account, advantage, benefit, gain, interesting, profit), zinsen (pay smb.'s rent, pay smb.'s tax), interessieren (be interested in, captivate, concern, to interest), anteil (allotment, concern, contribution, cut, interesting, part, Parthian, piece, portion, proportion, quantity, quota, share, stake, stint, stock, sympathy). (various references)

Greek 

συμφέρο (behalf, concern), ενδιαφέρω (concern), ενδιαφέρον (concern), ενδιαφέρο (concernment, matter), επιτόκιο (compound interest, rate of interest), τόκοσ (usance), τόκος. (various references)

Hawaiian

interes (account). (various