1. A right or share in something. 2. A charge
a borrower pays to a lender for the use of the
lender’s money.

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
interest (noun)
1.
a) (1) right, title, or legal share in something
(2) participation in advantage and responsibility
b) - business company
2.
a) a charge for borrowed money generally a percentage of the amount borrowed
b) the profit in goods or money that is made on invested capital
c) an excess above what is due or expected - returned the insults with interest
3.
- advantage benefit , also - self-interest
4.
- special interest
5.
a) a feeling that accompanies or causes special attention to an object or class of objects - concern
b) something that arouses such attention
c) a quality in a thing arousing interest
interest (verb)
transitive verb
1.
to induce or persuade to participate or engage
2.
to engage the attention or arouse the interest of
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
interest (noun)
1.
a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something
SYNONYMS:
claim, share, stake
RELATED WORDS:
co-ownership, ownership, part, partnership, possession, title
interest (noun)
2.
the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success
SYNONYMS:
good, interest, weal, well-being
RELATED WORDS:
fortune, prosperity, prosperousness, success, successfulness; fitness, health, healthiness, robustness, soundness, wellness, wholeness, wholesomeness; bliss, felicity, happiness, joy; advantage, benefit, gain, sake; content, contentedness, gratification, satisfaction
NEAR ANTONYMS:
unhealthiness, unsoundness; misery, sadness, suffering, unhappiness, wretchedness
ill-being
interest (noun)
3.
a commercial or industrial activity or organization
SYNONYMS:
business, company, concern, establishment, firm, house, interest, outfit
RELATED WORDS:
conglomerate, corporation, multinational; association, cartel, chain, combine, syndicate, trust; agency, dealer, outlet; microenterprise
interest (noun)
4.
a group of people with a common identifying interest that they seek to protect and promote
SYNONYMS:
interest, pressure group, special interest
RELATED WORDS:
vested interest; political action committee
interest (verb)
to hold the attention of
SYNONYMS:
absorb, bemuse, busy, catch up, engross, enthrall ( enthral), enwrap, fascinate, grip, immerse, interest, intrigue, involve, occupy
RELATED WORDS:
allure, attract, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, obsess; hypnotize, mesmerize; distract, preoccupy; hog, monopolize
NEAR ANTONYMS:
bore, jade, pall, tire, weary
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