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Definition of Interest
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Interest
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. To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally. To cause or permit to share. Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern. Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks. Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit. Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars. Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered. The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest. Related Definitions:
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Interest Quotations
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin I have a love interest in every one of my films - a gun. Arnold Schwarzenegger There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of. Francois de La Rochefoucauld I have no interest in writing, directing or producing. Ted Shackelford If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin |
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Interest Translations
interest in Afrikaans is belangstelling interest in Danish is interesse interest in Dutch is interesseren, belang inboezemen interest in Finnish is kiinnostaa interest in German is Zins {m}, Anteil {m}, Interesse interest in Italian is interessare, interesse interest in Norwegian is interessere, interesse, rente interest in Portuguese is interesse |
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