Definition of interests Interests
/ɪˈntɹʌsts/ - [intrusts] -
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Wiktionary 
- interests (Noun)
Plural of interest.
Part of speech
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| interest - (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" | ||
| stake | ||
| percentage, share, portion, part a proportion in relation to a whole (which is usually the amount per hundred) | ||
| jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do | ||
| 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 groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit | ||
| 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 turning in the opposite direction | ||
| interest - 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" | ||
| interestingness | ||
| uninterestingness inability to capture or hold one's interest | ||
| powerfulness, power 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" | ||
| charisma, personal appeal, personal magnetism a personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others | ||
| 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 the appearance of objects (or light sources) described in terms of a person's perception of their hue and lightness (or brightness) and saturation | ||
| interest - a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something; "an interest in music" | ||
| involvement | ||
| curiosity, wonder a state in which you want to learn more about something | ||
| enthusiasm a lively interest; "enthusiasm for his program is growing" | ||
| interest - (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims; "the iron interests stepped up production" | ||
| interest group | ||
| social group people sharing some social relation | ||
| plural, plural form the form of a word that is used to denote more than one | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| interest - 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" | ||
| pastime, pursuit | ||
| recreation, diversion a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" | ||
| interest - 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" | ||
| sake | ||
| benefit, welfare something that aids or promotes well-being; "for the benefit of all" | ||
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| interest - excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of | ||
| bore, tire make a hole, especially with a pointed power or hand tool; "don't drill here, there's a gas pipe"; "drill a hole into the wall"; "drill for oil"; "carpenter bees are boring holes into the wall" | ||
| enkindle, elicit, kindle, provoke, evoke, arouse, fire, raise derive by reason; "elicit a solution" | ||
| engross, occupy, absorb, engage live (in a certain place); "She resides in Princeton"; "he occupies two rooms on the top floor" | ||
| transfix, fascinate, grip, spellbind pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a skewer" | ||
| interest - be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift" | ||
| concern, occupy, worry | ||
| interest - be of importance or consequence; "This matters to me!" | ||
| matter to | ||
| have-to doe with, concern, pertain, bear on, come to, touch on, relate, refer, touch be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift" | ||
| intrigue, fascinate cause to be interested or curious | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- interest (n.)
To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work. - interest (n.)
To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally. - interest (n.)
To cause or permit to share. - interest (n.)
Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern. - interest (n.)
Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks. - interest (n.)
Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit. - interest (n.)
Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars. - interest (n.)
Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered. - interest (n.)
The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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interest
A sum paid or charged for the use of money or for borrowing money over a given time period. -
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A great attention and concern from someone or something. -
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That which affects one's welfare or happiness. -
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To attract attention or concern; to excite the curiosity of; to engage the interest of. -
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To be on the mind of. -
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To be of importance or consequence.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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interest
in′tėr-est, n. advantage: premium paid for the use of money (in Compound interest, the interest of each period is added to its principal, and the amount forms a new principal for the next period): any increase: concern: special attention: influence over others: share: participation.—n. (Spens.) In′teress, interest, concern.—v.t. to concern deeply.—Equitable interest, such interest as is protected by courts of equity, although it might not be at common law; Landed interest (see Landed); Vested interest, an interest thoroughly secure and inalienable, except for public use and upon compensation.—Make interest for, to secure interest on behalf of. [O. Fr. interest (Fr. intérêt)—L. interest, it is profitable, it concerns—inter, between, esse, to be.] -
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in′tėr-est, v.t. to engage the attention: to awaken concern in: to excite (in behalf of another).—adj. In′terested, having an interest or concern: affected or biassed by personal considerations, self-interest, &c.—adv. In′terestedly.—n. In′terestedness.—adj. In′teresting, engaging the attention or regard: exciting emotion or passion.—adv. In′terestingly.—n. In′terestingness.—In an interesting condition, in the family way. [From obs. interess—O. Fr. interesser, to concern—L. interesse.]
Wikipedia 
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Interest is the cost for borrowing money or the payment for lending money. Usually, this is fixed as a percentage of the amount of money borrowed (Which would then be called "Interest rate").
At some times in the past, or in some places today, it has been illegal to make a person pay interest on a loan. It was, or is, against some religious rules. If the interest that a person must pay is too high, this is called usury. This is often illegal today, even when lower interest is legal.
Interest can also be the care or concern that someone has for something or someone. If someone cares about something, they "have an interest" in that thing, or they "find it interesting". If something is beautiful, or funny, or new, that might make the thing interesting. However, a very important concern, for example love or hate, is more than an interest. An interest can also be a task that someone likes to do or watch, like a game or a hobby.
If someone has a legal right to something (usually money or property) they have an interest in that thing. This is also true for someone who shares a right with others, or a person who has a future right to something. For example, if some brothers and sisters will be given a house after their parents die, each of them "has a financial interest" in the house, even if the parents are still living.
