| interest | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. interest, involvement | a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something.; "an interest in music" |
| ~ enthusiasm | a lively interest.; "enthusiasm for his program is growing" |
| ~ concern | something that interests you because it is important or affects you.; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern" |
| ~ curiosity, wonder | a state in which you want to learn more about something. |
| n. (attribute) | 2. interest, sake | 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" |
| ~ benefit, welfare | something that aids or promotes well-being.; "for the benefit of all" |
| ~ behalf | for someone's benefit (usually expressed as `in behalf' rather than `on behalf' and usually with a possessive).; "in your behalf"; "campaigning in his own behalf"; "spoke a good word in his friend's behalf" |
| n. (attribute) | 3. interest, interestingness | the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.).; "they said nothing of great interest"; "primary colors can add interest to a room" |
| ~ charisma, personal appeal, personal magnetism | a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others. |
| ~ power, powerfulness | possession of controlling influence.; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade" |
| ~ newsworthiness, news | the quality of being sufficiently interesting to be reported in news bulletins.; "the judge conceded the newsworthiness of the trial"; "he is no longer news in the fashion world" |
| ~ topicality | the attribute of being of interest at the present time.; "the library had to discard books that had lost their topicality" |
| ~ vividness, color, colour | interest and variety and intensity.; "the Puritan Period was lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with exceptional vividness" |
| ~ shrillness | the quality of being sharp or harsh to the senses.; "the shrillness of her hair color" |
| n. (possession) | 4. interest | a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed.; "how much interest do you pay on your mortgage?" |
| ~ fixed charge, fixed cost, fixed costs | a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.). |
| ~ compound interest | interest calculated on both the principal and the accrued interest. |
| ~ simple interest | interest paid on the principal alone. |
| n. (possession) | 5. interest, stake | (law) 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" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ share, percentage, portion, part | assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.; "he wanted his share in cash" |
| ~ grubstake | funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits. |
| ~ controlling interest | ownership of more than 50% of a corporation's voting shares. |
| ~ insurable interest | an interest in a person or thing that will support the issuance of an insurance policy; an interest in the survival of the insured or in the preservation of the thing that is insured. |
| ~ vested interest | (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another. |
| ~ security interest | any interest in a property that secures the payment of an obligation. |
| ~ terminable interest | an interest in property that terminates under specific conditions. |
| ~ undivided interest, undivided right | the interest in property owned by tenants whereby each tenant has an equal right to enjoy the entire property. |
| ~ fee | an interest in land capable of being inherited. |
| ~ equity | the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation. |
| ~ reversion | (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee). |
| ~ right | (frequently plural) the interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing.; "mineral rights"; "film rights" |
| n. (group) | 6. interest, interest group | (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims.; "the iron interests stepped up production" |
| ~ plural, plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one. |
| ~ social group | people sharing some social relation. |
| ~ special interest | an individual or group who are concerned with some particular part of the economy and who try to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor. |
| ~ vested interest | groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit. |
| n. (act) | 7. interest, pastime, pursuit | a diversion 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 pursuits" |
| ~ diversion, recreation | an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates.; "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"; "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"; "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation" |
| ~ avocation, hobby, spare-time activity, by-line, pursuit, sideline | an auxiliary activity. |
| v. (emotion) | 8. interest | excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of. |
| ~ engage, engross, occupy, absorb | consume all of one's attention or time.; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely" |
| ~ arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
| ~ spellbind, transfix, fascinate, grip | to render motionless, as with a fixed stare or by arousing terror or awe.; "The snake charmer fascinates the cobra" |
| v. (stative) | 9. concern, interest, occupy, worry | be on the mind of.; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift" |
| v. (stative) | 10. interest, matter to | be of importance or consequence.; "This matters to me!" |
| ~ bear on, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, come to, refer, relate, touch on, touch | be relevant to.; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" |
| ~ fascinate, intrigue | cause to be interested or curious. |
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