Definition of interest

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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..

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Interest :: Interest (n.) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally.
Divertive :: Divertive (a.) Tending to divert; diverting; amusing; interesting.
Fraud :: Fraud (n.) Deception deliberately practiced with a view to gaining an unlawful or unfair advantage; artifice by which the right or interest of another is injured; injurious stratagem; deceit; trick.
Entirety :: Entirety (n.) The state of being entire; completeness; as, entirely of interest..
Indifference :: Indifference (n.) Absence of anxiety or interest in respect to what is presented to the mind; unconcernedness; as, entire indifference to all that occurs..
Unconcerning :: Unconcerning (a.) Not interesting of affecting; insignificant; not belonging to one.
College :: College (n.) A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops..
Coquet :: Coquet (v. i.) To trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); as, we have coquetted with political crime..
Percentage :: Percentage (n.) A certain rate per cent; the allowance, duty, rate of interest, discount, or commission, on a hundred..
Fellowship :: Fellowship (n.) A state of being together; companionship; partnership; association; hence, confederation; joint interest..
Partisan :: Partisan (n.) An adherent to a party or faction; esp., one who is strongly and passionately devoted to a party or an interest..
Susceptibilities :: Survivorship (n.) The right of a joint tenant, or other person who has a joint interest in an estate, to take the whole estate upon the death of other..
Futurist :: Futurist (n.) One whose chief interests are in what is to come; one who anxiously, eagerly, or confidently looks forward to the future; an expectant..
Loan :: Loan (n.) That which one lends or borrows, esp. a sum of money lent at interest; as, he repaid the loan..
Review :: Review (n.) A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc..
Hireling :: Hireling (n.) One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary..
Mont De Piete :: Mont de piete () One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated in Italy in the 15th century, the object of which was to lend money at a low rate of interest to poor people in need; -- called also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in Spain and France. See Lombard-house..
Intervention :: Intervention (n.) Any interference that may affect the interests of others; especially, of one or more states with the affairs of another; mediation..
Sensational :: Sensational (a.) Suited or intended to excite temporarily great interest or emotion; melodramatic; emotional; as, sensational plays or novels; sensational preaching; sensational journalism; a sensational report..
Rate :: Rate (n.) That which is established as a measure or criterion; degree; standard; rank; proportion; ratio; as, a slow rate of movement; rate of interest is the ratio of the interest to the principal, per annum..
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