interest
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈɪn.tɹɛst/]
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Senses
1. interest (noun) — sense 1
Definition: 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.
Example: Our bank offers borrowers an annual interest of 5%.
2. interest (noun) — sense 2
Definition: Any excess over and above an exact equivalent
Example: You shall have your desires with interest
3. interest (noun) — sense 3
Definition: A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
Example: He has a lot of interest in vintage cars.
4. interest (verb) — sense 4
Definition: To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing.
Example: It might interest you to learn that others have already tried that approach.
5. interest (verb) — sense 5
Definition: To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite.
Example: Oh, rather, gracious sir, / Create me to this glory; since my cause / Doth interest this fair quarrel; valued least, / I am his equal.
6. interest (verb) — sense 6
Definition: To cause or permit to share.
Example: The mystical communion of all faithful men is such as maketh every one to be interested in those precious blessings which any one of them receiveth at God's hands.
Structure of the word
Roots:- h₁es (Proto-Indo-European)
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