Interest(n.)
- To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work.
Interest(n.)
- To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally.
Interest(n.)
- Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern.
Interest(n.)
- Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.
Interest(n.)
- Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.
Interest(n.)
- Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars.
Interest(n.)
- Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.
Interest(n.)
- The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest.
Interested(v. t.)
- Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener.
Interested(v. t.)
- Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness.