Meaning of interest | Babel Free

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1. The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.
   uncountable, usually
2. interest (a fraction of the amount of what was borrowed)
3. To the advantage of; for the sake of: thinking in the interest of the whole family; ate breakfast on the train in the interest of time.
4. Any excess over and above an exact equivalent
   uncountable, usually
5. interest (attention that is given to something or someone)
6. in the interest(s) of, for the sake of; on behalf of.
7. A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
   uncountable, usually
8. interest (an involvement or stake in an undertaking)
9. To arouse the interest and attention of:attract, intrigue.
10. Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
    uncountable, usually
11. hobby, interest (#6) (task or activity that is of interest for someone)
12. an interesting book. interessante مُهِم/ مُمْتِع интерсен interessante zajímavý interessant interessant ενδιαφέρωνinteresante huvitav جالب توجه kiinnostava intéressantמעניין रोचक zanimljiv érdekes menarik áhugaverður interessante 興味深い 흥미있는 įdomus interesants menarik interessantinteressantinteresujący په زړه پورې، خوندور، دتوجه وړ interessante интересный zaujímavý zanimiv zanimljiv intressant น่าสนใจ ilginç 有趣的 цікавий دلچسپ thú vị 有趣的
13. An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor.
    countable, usually
14. interessant بِصورَة مُثيرة للإهْتِمام интересно interessante zajímavě interessant interessant nok ενδιαφερόντως de manera interesante huvitavalt بطور جالب توجه kiinnostavasti de façon intéressante מְעַנייֵן ש- दिलचस्पी से zanimljivo érdekes módon secara menarik á áhugaverðan hátt in maniera interessante 面白いことには 흥미있게 įdomiai interesanti dengan menarik op een interessante manier, interessant genoeg interessant co interesujące, ku ogólnemu zaskoczeniu په زړه پورې interessante interesant интересн...
15. Something which, or someone whom, one is interested in.
    countable, usually
16. bringing, or in order to bring, advantage, benefit, help etc to oneself etc. It would be in our own interest to help him, as he may be able to help us later. eie belang مِن مَصْلَحَة интерес no interesse de ve vlastním zájmu im eigenen Interesse i ens egen interesse προς το συμφέρον μου en su propio interés/beneficio enese huvides به نفع کسی بودن oman edun mukaisesti dans son (propre) intérêt לְטוֹבָת- दिलचस्पी से biti u interesu saját érdekében untuk kepentingan í eigin þágu, vegna eigin hag...
    etc
17. Condition or quality of exciting concern or being of importance.
    uncountable, usually
18. in order to get, achieve, increase etc. The political march was banned in the interests of public safety. in die belang van لِمَصْلَحَة в интерес на no interesse de v zájmu im Interesse af hensyn til χάρη, προς το συμφέρον en el interés de tõttu به خاطر jonkun etujen mukaisesti dans l'intérêt de לְטוֹבַת הַ- रूची से u interesu vmi érdekében untuk kepentingan vegna hagsmuna nell'interesse di ～のために ...을 위하여 kokiais nors sumetimais, kieno nors labui kāda interesēs/labā untuk kepentingan in het b...
    etc
19. Injury, or compensation for injury; damages.
    obsolete, rare, uncountable, usually
20. to stop being interested. He used to be very active in politics, but he's lost interest now. belangstelling verloor يَفْقِد الإهْتِمام губя интерес perder o interesse ztratit zájem das Interesse verlieren miste interesse χάνω το ενδιαφέρον μου perder el interés huvi kaotama کم علاقه شدن نسبت به menettää mielenkiinto se désintéresser de לְאַבֵּד עִנייָן शौक से gubiti interes kiábrándul vmiből tidak tertarik lagi missa áhuga perdere interesse 興味を失う 흥미를 잃다 daugiau nebesidomėti zaudēt interesi hi...
21. The persons and companies interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively.
    in-plural, often, uncountable, usually
22. to be interested. I take a great interest in everything they do. belangstelling hê يَهْتَم بالأمْر интересувам се interessar-se por zajímat se interessiert sein være interesseret ενδιαφέρομαιinteresarse huvitatud olema علاقمند بودن olla kiinnostunut s'intéresser מִתעַנייֵן कुतूहल से zanimati se érdeklődik (vmi) iránt tertarik hafa áhuga á interessarsi ～に興味をもつ 관심을 가지다 domėtis būt ieinteresētam berminat belang stellen ininteressere seg forinteresować się علاقه درلودل interessar-se por a fi inte...
23. A genre of factual short films, generally more amusing than informative, especially those not covered by a more specific genre label.
    attributive, historical, uncountable, usually
24. A state of curiosity or concern about or attention to something: an interest in sports.

Equivalents

Examples

“Our bank offers borrowers an annual interest of 5%.”

“You shall have your desires with interest”

“He has a lot of interest in vintage cars.”

“I have a lot of interest in doing online coding.”

“The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.”

“Thinks I to myself, “Sol, you're run off your course again. This is a rich man's summer ‘cottage’ and if you don't look out there's likely to be some nice, lively dog taking an interest in your underpinning.””

“[…] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit.”

“Over the past few years, however, interest has waxed again. A series of epidemiological studies, none big enough to be probative, but all pointing in the same direction, persuaded Emma Wilmot of the University of Leicester, in Britain, to carry out a meta-analysis. This is a technique that combines diverse studies in a statistically meaningful way.”

“Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."”

“When scientists and doctors write articles and when politicians run for office, they are required in many countries to declare any existing conflicts of interest (competing interests).”

“I have business interests in South Africa.”

“She has an interest in the proceedings, and all stakeholders' interests must be protected.”

“However he lost out, as other business interests whom he had alienated by his efforts to squeeze every penny of profit from the canal, supported the construction of the railway.”

“Lexicography is one of my interests.”

“Victorian furniture is an interest of mine.”

“The main character's romantic interest will be played by a non-professional actor.”

“The conscience, indeed, is already violated when to moral good or evil we oppose things possessing no moral interest.”

“How can this infinite beauty, power and goodnes admit any correspondencie or similitude with a thing so base and abject as we are, without extreme interest and manifest derogation from his divine greatnesse?”

“the iron interest;  the cotton interest”

“The ‘Railway Interest’ in Parliament constituted a very powerful lobby at this time [mid to late nineteenth century]. It was pledged to put the railway case forward in all matters involving that industry that came before Parliament. This body of MPs was composed of men who were nearly all railway directors or major shareholders. Their influence waned in the early twentieth century but earlier they formed a phalanx of robust opposition to just about every proposal for government regulation of matters pertaining to railways.”

“By interest films is meant a variety of subjects which cannot be classified under such recognized headings as fiction, travel, or topical. They include wonderful inventions, little known industries, applied art, feats of engineering, and other events capable of effective illustration.”

“The arrangements made ensured that the total cost of censorship could be kept down to one-fifth of a penny per foot of film censored (and even one-tenth of a penny per foot in cases of Topical, Travel, Interest and Educational Films).”

“At the top of Charing Cross Road is the "Tatler," which has specialised for a long time in a general sort of program, built up of about 15 minutes of news, a cartoon (sometimes two), an interest picture, occasionally a comedy, and nearly always a documentary.”

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