Interest

Noun

 * 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%.
 * 1)  A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
 * He has a lot of interest in vintage cars.
 * 1)  Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
 * 2)  A business or amorous link or involvement.
 * I have business interests in South Africa.

Derived terms

 * accrued interest
 * beneficial interest
 * capitalized interest
 * carried interest
 * compound interest
 * consumer interest
 * controlling interest
 * defered interest bond
 * earnings before interest and taxes
 * exact interest
 * imputed interest
 * indication of interest
 * insurable interest
 * interest-bearing
 * interest cover
 * interest expense
 * interest rate


 * interest-sensitive
 * minority interest
 * nominee interest
 * open interest
 * ordinary interest
 * pooling of interest
 * prepaid interest
 * security interest
 * short interest
 * simple interest
 * true interest cost
 * unearned interest


 * by-interest
 * conflict of interest
 * future interest
 * human interest
 * interest group
 * legal interest
 * life interest
 * love interest
 * marine interest


 * place of interest
 * public interest
 * royalty interest
 * self-interest
 * special interest
 * terminable interest
 * undivided interest
 * vested interest
 * working interest

Verb

 * 1) To attract attention or concern.
 * It might interest you to learn that others have already tried that approach.

Antonyms

 * bore
 * disinterest

Derived terms

 * interested
 * interesting

Verbs for Interest
(attention or concern)

absorb—of; accentuate—; alienate—; attach — to; awaken—; betoken—; catch—; cultivate—; dim—; display—; distract—; eclipse —; elicit—; engage—; enlist—; evoke—; excite—; exude—; feed—; feign—; focus—; inspire—; intensify—; kill—; kindle—; lend —; manifest—; muster—; note with—; pique—; quicken—; recapture—; regain—; revive—; rivet — upon; share—; smother—; stimulate—; sustain—; switch—; whip up —; —abates; —s bind; —centers on; — deepens; —ebbs; —endures; —fades; — flags; —mounts; —palls; —picks up; — wanes; engross—.

Adjectives for Interest
(general) far-flung; special; national; religious; commercial; personal; passing; indulgent; individual; detached; momentous; property; "elfish; minority; friendly; complicated; irresistible; affected; benevolent; primary; historic; philanthropic; superstitious; restrained; exorbitant; busy; final; jarring; well-meant; equal; presbyterian; literary; pecuniary; mercantile; great; attentive; missionary; extreme; evident; general; popular; genuine; lively; mournful; careful; bosom; paradoxical; private; growing; central; probable; pathetic; worldly; fraternal; universal; renewed; confessed; touching; paramount; amused; sudden; indifferent; satirical; feverish; certain; philosophic; intelligent; lasting; considerable; painful; respective; appalling; intense; thoughtful; overrated; immense; absorbing; surpassing; ultimate; connected; warm; wide-spread; national; stealthy; furtive; insistent; proprietary; vital; languid; energetic; diverse; bibliographical; thrilling; ennobling; peculiar; intellectual; overmastering economic; vital; theoretical; active; gloomy bankrupt; principal; endless; suave; urgent sustained; human; racial; keenest; direct jealous; discriminating; tepid; shadowy languid; overmastering; contemporaneous extraordinary;  exclusive;   philosophical characteristic; surpassing; aesthetic; child¬ish; anthropological; particular; enduring; extraneous; antiquarian; truant; exaggerated; crowning; inimical; lofty; revived; enormous; satisfying; undisturbed; parochial; medieval; ancient; awesome; never-ceasing; student; sectional; humanitarian; public-spirited; diminished; real; sincere; insatiable; courteous; pathological; unutterable; coincidental; deepest; involved; ex-pressional; inexhaustible; controlling; active; exceptional;  long-nursed; wistful; faintest; unconquered; vaguest; passionate; grim; chauvinistic; lukewarm; vested; ethical; interwoven; compounded; dark; conflicting; perfunctory; elusive; persistent; particular; academic; world-wide; critical; heightened; potential; imperialist; affection, ate; ignorant; domestic; alarmed; burning; solicitous; stirring; sordid; discriminating; perplexing; antipodal; lingering; dissimilar (Pi).

Verbs for Interest
(financial)

affect—; amass—; cater to—; cherish—; control—; defend—; enlarge—; enumerate —; fortify—; foster—; merge—; promote —; regulate—; represent—; safeguard—; strengthen—; subverse—; unite— of; weld of; — nourish; — overlap; — prosper.

(money)

verbs bear—; borrow on—; calculate—; charge —; claim—; compound—; entitle to—; fix —; figure—; forfeit—; obtain—; reckon—; request—; return—; subtract—; —accrues; —compensates ; —taxes.

Adverbs for Interest
proportionately; consistently; particularly; profoundly; excessively; keenly; genuinely; ingeniously; intensely; moderately; religiously; commercially; selfishly; affectionately; benevolently; philanthropically; paradoxically; jealously; philosophically; passionately; perfunctorily; academically; potentially; solicitously.

Thesaurus
absolute interest, absorb, absorption, accent, accrued dividends, accumulated dividends, acquisitiveness, activities, activity, advantage, advocacy, aegis, affair, affairs, affect, affect the interest, agacerie, allotment, allowance, allure, allurement, amusement, animate, answer to, appeal, appertain to, applicability, application, apply to, appositeness, appurtenance, arouse, attention, attentiveness, attract, attraction, attractiveness, auspices, authority, autism, avail, avocation, aye, backing, bag, bait, bank rate, be attractive, bear on, bear upon, bearing, beckon, beguilement, beguiling, behalf, behoof, belong to, benefit, benison, bewitchery, bewitchment, bias, big end, bigger half, birthright, bit, bite, blandishment, blessing, boon, breakaway group, bribe, bring, budget, business, cajolery, camp, campaign, capital gains, captivate, captivation, capture, care, careerism, carrot, carry, cash dividend, catch, catch up in, cathexis, caucus, cause, championship, charisma, charity, charm, charmingness, chunk, claim, cleanup, clear profit, come-hither, commerce, commission, commitment, common, compensatory interest, compound interest, con, concern, concernment, conjugal right, connect, connection, consequence, consequentiality, consideration, contingent, contingent interest, convenience, correspond to, countenance, crusade, cumulative dividend, curiosity, curious mind, curiousness, cut, deal, deal with, decide, demand, destiny, determine, discount rate, discrimination, dispose, diversion, dividend, dividends, divine right, division, doing, dole, drag, draw, draw in, drive, droit, due, earnings, easement, ego trip, egotism, embarrass, emphasis, employ, employment, enchantment, encouragement, end, engage, engagement, engross, engrossment, enlist, enmesh, entangle, enterprise, entertainment, enthrallment, enthusiasm, enticement, entrapment, equal share, equitable interest, equity, estate, ethnic group, excellence, excite, excite interest, excitement, exorbitant interest, extra dividend, faction, faculty, faith, fascinate, fascination, fate, favor, favoritism, fetch, fillip, filthy lucre, fire, flirtation, forbidden fruit, fosterage, function, gain, gains, germaneness, get, get to do, gettings, ghoulishness, glamour, gleanings, good, goodwill, graspingness, great cause, greed, gross, gross interest, gross profit, guidance, half, halver, have connection with, helping, high order, high rank, hoard, hobby, hold, holding, implicate, import, importance, inalienable right, incentive, incite, incitement, inclination, incline, income, individualism, induce, inducement, inequality, infect, influence, inquiring mind, inquisitiveness, inside track, interest group, interest in, interest rate, interestedness, interests, interim dividend, intrigue, inveiglement, investment, invitation, invite, involve, involve in, involvement, issue, itch for knowledge, job, killing, kindle, labor, lead, leaning, liaise with, lifework, limitation, link with, lively interest, lookout, lot, lucrative interest, lucre, lure, magnetism, makings, mark, mass movement, materiality, matter, matter of interest, measure, meddlesomeness, meed, melon, mental acquisitiveness, merit, mess, minority group, modicum, moiety, moment, morbid curiosity, mortgage points, move, movement, narcissism, natural right, nay, neat profit, nepotism, net, net interest, net profit, no, nosiness, note, notice, occupation, officiousness, offshoot, one-sidedness, optional dividend, paper profits, paramountcy, part, parti pris, partiality, participation, partisanism, partisanship, party, passion, pastime, patronage, payment, pelf, penal interest, percentage, perk, perks, perquisite, personal aims, personal ambition, personal desires, personalism, persuade, persuasive, pertain to, pertinence, phony dividend, pickings, piece, pique, plaque, plum, point, political party, portion, possessiveness, power, precedence, preeminence, preference, preferential treatment, premium, prerogative, prescription, pressure group, presumptive right, pretense, pretension, prevail upon, price, price of money, primacy, principle, priority, privatism, pro, proceeding, proceeds, procure, profit, profits, prompt, proper claim, property, property right, proportion, prosperity, provocation, provoke, prurience, prurient interest, prying, pull, pursuit, quantum, quicken, quota, rake-off, rate, rate of interest, ration, reason for being, receipts, refer to, reference, regard, regular dividend, relate to, relatedness, relaxation, relevance, remoteness, respect, return, returns, reward, right, right of entry, scopophilia, scrutiny, seconding, sect, seducement, seduction, seductiveness, segment, self-absorption, self-admiration, self-advancement, self-centeredness, self-consideration, self-containment, self-devotion, self-esteem, self-importance, self-indulgence, self-interest, self-interestedness, self-jealousy, self-occupation, self-pleasing, self-seeking, self-serving, self-solicitude, self-sufficiency, selfishness, selfism, service, settlement, sex appeal, share, side, significance, silent majority, simple interest, slice, small share, snare, snaring, special dividend, special favor, special interest, splinter, splinter group, sponsorship, stake, stimulate, stimulation, stimulative, stimulus, stock, stock dividend, store, stress, strict settlement, suck into, suction, summon, superiority, supremacy, sway, sweetener, sweetening, sympathy, take, take-in, talk into, tangle, tantalization, tantalize, tease, tempt, temptation, the affirmative, the negative, thing, thirst for knowledge, tickle, tie in with, titillate, title, touch, touch upon, transaction, treat of, trust, tutelage, undertaking, undetachment, undispassionateness, unneutrality, use, usury, value, vested interest, vested right, vocal minority, voyeurism, wealth, weight, welfare, well-being, whet, whet the appetite, wing, winning ways, winnings, winsomeness, witchery, wooing, work, world of good, worth

Etymology
From interesse and interest (French: intérêt) <  interesse <  interesse.

Noun

 * Arabic: فائدة
 * Basque:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 利息, 利益
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: interest, rente or
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: सूद (sood); ब्याज (byaaj)
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 利子, 利息


 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish: ,
 * Latvian: procenti
 * Lithuanian: palūkanos, procentai
 * Malay: bunga, faedah
 * Malayalam: പലിശ (paliSa)
 * Marathi: (मराठी) व्याज (vyaaj)
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: వడ్డీ (vaDDEE)


 * Arabic: اهتمام
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: interès
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 興趣, 兴趣
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: עניין
 * Hindi: स्वारस्य (swaarasy)
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: bunga (bank) kb, kepentingan kb, keuntungan kb
 * Japanese: ,


 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:, ,
 * Latvian: interese
 * Lithuanian: interesas, domėjimasis, susidomėjimas
 * Malay: minat
 * Malayalam: താല്പര്യം (thaalparyam)
 * Marathi: (मराठी) स्वारस्य (swaarasy)
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: suim
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: ఆసక్తి (aasakti)
 * Volapük: nited


 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: kiinnostus
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: תשומת לב
 * Japanese: ,


 * Kurdish:, ,
 * Malayalam: താല്പര്യം (thaalparyam)
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: suim
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 利益
 * Dutch: belang
 * Finnish: omistus, intressi, etu
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:


 * Kurdish:
 * Malay: kepentingan
 * Polish: interesy
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:


 * : intereso or interesulo (4)

Verb

 * Azeri: maraq
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 使...感興趣, 使...感兴趣 (shǐ...gǎn qìngqù)
 * Danish: interesserer
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Japanese: 興味を引く


 * Latvian: interesēt, interesēties
 * Lithuanian: dominti, suinteresuoti, domėtis
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: интересовать, заинтересовать ;  интересоваться , заинтересоваться
 * Serbian:
 * Spanish:
 * Volapük: nitedön

Anagrams

 * sternite

Noun

 * 1)  interest

Synonyms

 * rente

Verb
interest


 * 1) Active third-person singular indicative present form of interesse.