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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



... was her other great interest, and Dr. Spencer humoured her by showing her all his drawings, consulting her on every ornament, and making many a perspective elevation, merely that she might ...
— The Daisy Chain, or Aspirations • Charlotte Yonge
... of confidence the "illuminist," himself with locks so carefully arranged, and seemingly so full of affectations, almost like one of those light women there, dropped a veil as it were, and appeared, though still permitting the play of a certain element of theatrical interest in his bizarre tenets, to be ready to explain and defend his position reasonably. For a moment his fantastic foppishness and his pretensions to ideal [87] vision seemed to fall into some intelligible ...
— Marius the Epicurean, Volume Two • Walter Horatio Pater
... be judged, in our bodies; therefore we must live well in them; 6 that we ought, for our own interest, to live well; though few seem to mind what, really is for their advantage; 10 and we should not deceive ourselves: seeing God will certainly judge us, and render to all of us according to ...
— The Forbidden Gospels and Epistles, Complete • Archbishop Wake
... The present lack of interest (in 1920) in sectarian matters on the part of the inhabitants of your Earth is evidence of a slow but sure disintegration of a system that has held your people in mental and spiritual bondage for centuries, and presages the dawn of a better day for ...
— The Planet Mars and its Inhabitants - A Psychic Revelation • Eros Urides and J. L. Kennon
... be evil—but only for your sake. The man I do not feel interest enough in to abuse even. He is ...
— Weighed and Wanting • George MacDonald


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