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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Severance :: Severance (n.) The act of dividing; the singling or severing of two or more that join, or are joined, in one writ; the putting in several or separate pleas or answers by two or more disjointly; the destruction of the unity of interest in a joint estate..
Deal :: Deal (n.) An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains.
Sectarian :: Sectarian (n.) Pertaining to a sect, or to sects; peculiar to a sect; bigotedly attached to the tenets and interests of a denomination; as, sectarian principles or prejudices..
Place :: Place (n.) To put out at interest; to invest; to loan; as, to place money in a bank..
Frivolous :: Frivolous (a.) Given to trifling; marked with unbecoming levity; silly; interested especially in trifling matters.
Interest :: Interest (n.) Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit..
Caveat :: Caveat (n.) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc..
Indent :: Indent (n.) A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt..
Particularity :: Particularity (n.) Something of special or private concern or interest.
Usurious :: Usurious (a.) Practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant interest for the use of money; as, a usurious person..
Protector :: Protector (n.) A cardinal, from one of the more considerable Roman Catholic nations, who looks after the interests of his people at Rome; also, a cardinal who has the same relation to a college, religious order, etc..
Opposition :: Opposition (n.) Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy..
Self-seeker :: Self-seeker (n.) One who seeks only his own interest, advantage, or pleasure..
World :: World (n.) The customs, practices, and interests of men; general affairs of life; human society; public affairs and occupations; as, a knowledge of the world..
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..
Interestingly :: Interestingly (adv.) In an interesting manner.
Interestedness :: Interestedness (n.) The state or quality of being interested; selfishness.
Sensation :: Sensation (n.) A state of excited interest or feeling, or that which causes it..
Breathless :: Breathless (a.) Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention..
Own :: Own (a.) Belonging to; belonging exclusively or especially to; peculiar; -- most frequently following a possessive pronoun, as my, our, thy, your, his, her, its, their, in order to emphasize or intensify the idea of property, peculiar interest, or exclusive ownership; as, my own father; my own composition; my own idea; at my own price..
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