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Interest

/ˈɪntəɹɪst/

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.

📖 Definitions of "Interest"

noun
  1. 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.

    "Our bank offers borrowers an annual interest of 5%."

  2. 2

    Any excess over and above an exact equivalent

  3. 3

    A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.

    "He has a lot of interest in vintage cars."

  4. 4

    Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.

verb
  1. 1

    To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing.

    "Action films don't really interest me."

  2. 2

    To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.

  3. 3

    To cause or permit to share.

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