Definition of interest

Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of interest is as below...

Interest (n.) Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit..

Lern More About Interest

Bill :: Bill (n.) A writing binding the signer or signers to pay a certain sum at a future day or on demand, with or without interest, as may be stated in the document..
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.
Pool :: Pool (v. t.) To put together; to contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic..
Self :: Self (n.) Hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim..
Discount :: Discount (v. t.) The rate of interest charged in discounting.
Interestedness :: Interestedness (n.) The state or quality of being interested; selfishness.
Particularity :: Particularity (n.) Something of special or private concern or interest.
Amphictyony :: Amphictyony (n.) A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece.
Coalition :: Coalition (n.) A combination, for temporary purposes, of persons, parties, or states, having different interests..
Figurehead :: Figurehead (n.) A person who allows his name to be used to give standing to enterprises in which he has no responsible interest or duties; a nominal, but not real, head or chief..
Usurer :: Usurer (n.) One who lends money and takes interest for it; a money lender.
Credit :: Credit (n.) Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others; interest..
Equipoise :: Equipoise (n.) Equality of weight or force; hence, equilibrium; a state in which the two ends or sides of a thing are balanced, and hence equal; state of being equally balanced; -- said of moral, political, or social interests or forces..
Pamphlet :: Pamphlet (n.) A small book consisting of a few sheets of printed paper, stitched together, often with a paper cover, but not bound; a short essay or written discussion, usually on a subject of current interest..
Concern :: Concern (n.) Interest in, or care for, any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety..
Disinteress :: Disinteress (v. t.) To deprive or rid of interest in, or regard for; to disengage..
Compatriot :: Compatriot (n.) One of the same country, and having like interests and feeling..
Usance :: Usance (v. t.) Interest paid for money; usury.
Vote :: Vote (n.) A wish, choice, or opinion, of a person or a body of persons, expressed in some received and authorized way; the expression of a wish, desire, will, preference, or choice, in regard to any measure proposed, in which the person voting has an interest in common with others, either in electing a person to office, or in passing laws, rules, regulations, etc.; suffrage..
Defraud :: Defraud (v. t.) To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the thing taken or withheld..
Random Fonts
Most Popular

close
Privacy Policy   GDPR Policy   Terms & Conditions   Contact Us