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Definition: Vested Interest |
Vested InterestNoun1. An interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Finance | An interest in income or assets to which a person is entitled. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A fixed interest in tangible or intangible property, although the right of possession, use and enjoyment may be postponed until some future date or until the happening of some specified event. (references) | |
Law | A legal claim or right to the present or future enjoyment of some property or activity. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Dueness | Noun: due, dueness; right, privilege, prerogative, prescription, title, claim, pretension, demand, birthright. immunity, license, liberty, franchise; vested interest, vested right. |
Property | Interest, stake, estate, right, title, claim, demand, holding; tenure; (possession); vested interest, contingent interest, beneficial interest, equitable interest; use, trust, benefit; legal estate, equitable estate; seizin, seisin. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Ukraine | There are simply too many officials, both in the various layers of government and at the enterprise level, who have a strong, vested interest in the status quo. (references) |
Bangladesh | However, many other reforms, such as privatization, encounter stiff opposition from vested interest groups, such as public sector labor unions, bureaucrats or opposition political parties. (references) | |
Political Economy | BANGLADESH | Vested interest groups often successfully oppose reform effort. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vested interest | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "vested interest"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | nezadatelné právo (birthright), nabytá práva. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | materiel interesse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verworven rente, verworven rechten (acquired rights, established right, established rights, vested right), verkregen recht (established right, established rights, vested right). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | asianosaisen korko. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | intérêt en cause (vested right), intérêt de situation, droit acquis (vested right). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wohlerworbener anspruch. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κεκτημένο δικαίωμα, συμφέρον. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tőkéje van vmiben (have a vested interest in sg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | interesse costituito, interesse acquisito (established right, established rights, vested right), diritto acquisito (established right, established rights, vested right). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | estedvay interestay stečena prava (vested rights). (various references) interés personal, interés creado, interés adquirido. (various references) kazanılmış hak (vested right). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-e-i-n-r-s-s-t-t-t-v" | |
-4 letters: detersives, interested, reinvested, serviettes, teentsiest. | |
-5 letters: detersive, detesters, dissenter, eternised, eternises, eventides, insetters, interests, reediness, reinvests, residents, retentive, serviette, seventies, sirventes, sternites, teensiest, teentsier, tenderest, tendresse, teredines, tiredness, trendiest, triteness. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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