Entry Word: interest

Function: noun

Meaning: 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>

Synonyms claim, share, stake

Related Words ownership, part, partnership, possession, title

2 the state of doing well especially in relation to oneʼs happiness or success <she was determined to act in her own interest in the business deal> — see welfare