<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something</li><li>She has a great interest in the poetry of Donne</li><li>something that concerns, involves, draws the attention of, or arouses the curiosity of a person</li><li>His interests are philosophy and chess</li><li>power of exciting such concern, involvement, etc.; quality of being interesting</li><li>political issues of great interest</li><li>concern; importance</li><li>a matter of primary interest</li><li>a business, cause, or the like in which a person has a share, concern, responsibility, etc.</li><li>a share, right, or title in the ownership of property, in a commercial or financial undertaking, or the like</li><li>He bought half an interest in the store</li><li>a participation in or concern for a cause, advantage, responsibility, etc.</li><li>a number or group of persons, or a party, financially interested in the same business, industry, or enterprise</li><li>the banking interest</li><li>interests, the group of persons or organizations having extensive financial or business power</li><li>the state of being affected by something in respect to advantage or detriment</li><li>We need an arbiter who is without interest in the outcome</li><li>benefit; advantage</li><li>to have one's own interest in mind</li><li>regard for one's own advantage or profit; self-interest</li><li>The partnership dissolved because of their conflicting interests</li><li>influence from personal importance or capability; power of influencing the action of others</li><li>Finance</li><li>a sum paid or charged for the use of money or for borrowing money</li><li>If I won the lottery, I would invest the money, quit working and live off the interest</li><li>interest rate</li><li>something added or thrown in above an exact equivalent</li><li>Jones paid him back with a left hook and added a right uppercut for interest</li></ul>