interest
interest
nounDefinition of INTEREST
1
a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something <all of the workers at the food cooperative have an interest in it>
2
the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success <make no mistake: she's determined to act in her own interest in this business deal>
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
Antonyms ill-being
3
a commercial or industrial activity or organization <a multinational corporation with interests on every continent>
Related Words conglomerate, corporation, multinational; association, cartel, chain, combine, syndicate, trust; agency, dealer, outlet; microenterprise
4
a group of people with a common identifying interest that they seek to protect and promote <the contention that the nation's financial interests have too much power>
Related Words vested interest; political action committee
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