interest

English

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Alternative forms

• enterest

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɪntɹɛst/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɪntɹəst/, /ˈɪntəɹəst/

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Etymology

From Old French interesse and interest (French: intérêt), from Medieval Latin interesse, from Latin interesse.

Noun

interest (plural interests)

1. (uncountable) (finance) 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. [from earlier 16th c.]

   Our bank offers borrowers an annual interest of 5%.

2. (uncountable) A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity. [from later 18th c.]

   He has a lot of interest in vintage cars.

3. (uncountable) Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
4. (countable) A business or amorous link or involvement.

   I have business interests in South Africa.

Derived terms

Financial 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

Non-financial terms

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

Translations

the price of credit

Arabic: فائدة (ar) (faa'ida) f. Basque: interes (eu) Bulgarian: (literally) лихва (bg) (lihva) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 利息 (zh) (lìxī) Czech: úrok (cs) m. Dutch: interest m., rente f. or m. Esperanto: interezo (eo) Finnish: korko (fi) French: intérêt (fr) m. German: Zins (de) m. Greek: τόκος (el) (tókos) m. Hebrew: ריבית (he) f. Hindi: सूद (sood); ब्याज (byaaj) Hungarian: kamat (hu) Japanese: 利子 (ja) (りし, rishi), 利息 (ja) (りそく, risoku)

Korean: 이자 (ko) Kurdish: faîz (ku) f., riba (ku) f. Latvian: procenti (lv) pl. Lithuanian: palūkanos (lt) f. pl., procentai (lt) pl. Malay: bunga, faedah Malayalam: പലിശ (paliSa) Marathi: (मराठी) व्याज (vyaaj) Norwegian: rente (no) f. Polish: odsetki (pl) f. pl. Portuguese: juros (pt) m. Romanian: dobândă (ro) f. Russian: процент (ru) (procént) m. Serbian: interes (sr) m. Spanish: interés (es) m. Telugu: వడ్డీ (vaDDEE)

great attention and concern from someone

Arabic: اهتمام (ar) ('ihtimaam) m. Bulgarian: интерес (bg) (interés) m. Catalan: interès (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 興趣 (zh), 兴趣 (zh) (xìngqù) Czech: zájem (cs) m. Danish: interesse (da) Dutch: interesse (nl) f. Esperanto: intereso (eo) Finnish: kiinnostus (fi), mielenkiinto (fi) French: intérêt (fr) m. German: Interesse (de) n. Greek: ενδιαφέρον (el) (endiaféron) n. Hebrew: עניין m. Hindi: स्वारस्य (swaarasy) Hungarian: érdeklődés (hu) Indonesian: bunga (bank) kb, kepentingan kb, keuntungan kb Interlingua: interesse (ia)

Japanese: 興味 (ja) (きょうみ, kyōmi), 関心 (ja) (かんしん, kanshin) Korean: 흥미 (ko), 관심 (ko) Kurdish: mereq (ku) f., balkêşî (ku) f., entres (ku) f. Latvian: interese (lv) f. Lithuanian: interesas (lt) m., domėjimasis (lt) m., susidomėjimas (lt) m. Malay: minat Malayalam: താല്പര്യം (thaalparyam) Marathi: (मराठी) स्वारस्य (swaarasy) Norwegian: interesse (no) m. Polish: zainteresowanie (pl) n. Portuguese: interesse (pt) m. Romanian: interes (ro) n. Russian: интерес (ru) (interés) m. Scottish Gaelic: suim (gd) f. Serbian: interes (sr) m. Spanish: interés (es) m. Telugu: ఆసక్తి (aasakti) Volapük: nited (vo)

attention that is given to or received from someone or something

Afrikaans: belangstelling (af) Danish: interessant (da) Dutch: belangstelling (nl) f., interesse (nl) f. Esperanto: intereso (eo) Finnish: kiinnostus (fi) Greek: ενδιαφέρον (el) (endiaféron) n. Hebrew: תשומת לב f. Japanese: 興味 (ja) (きょうみ, kyōmi), 関心 (ja) (かんしん, kanshin) Korean: 흥미 (ko), 관심 (ko)

Kurdish: mereq (ku) f., balkêşî (ku) f., entres (ku) f. Malayalam: താല്പര്യം (thaalparyam) Portuguese: interesse (pt) m. Romanian: interes (ro) n. Scottish Gaelic: suim (gd) f. Serbian: interes (sr) m. Spanish: interés (es) m.

business or amorous link or involvement

Chinese: Mandarin: 利益 (zh) (lìyì) Dutch: belang Finnish: omistus (fi), intressi (fi), etu (fi) (business interest) Greek: συμφέρον (el) (symféron) n. Hungarian: érdek (hu) Japanese: 利益 (ja) (りえき, rieki)

Kurdish: entres (ku) f. Malay: kepentingan Polish: interesy (pl) Portuguese: interesse (pt) m. Romanian: interes (ro) n., preocupare (ro) f. Serbian: interes (sr) m. Spanish: interés (es) m.

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Esperanto: intereso or interesulo (4)

Verb

interest (third-person singular simple present interests, present participle interesting, simple past and past participle interested)

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

Translations

to attract attention or concern

Azeri: maraq (az) Chinese: Mandarin: 使...感興趣, 使...感兴趣 (shǐ...gǎn qìngqù) Danish: interesserer (da) Dutch: interesseren (nl) Esperanto: interesi (eo) Finnish: kiinnostaa (fi) French: intéresser (fr) German: interessieren (de) Hindi: interest (hi) Japanese: (phrase) 興味を引く (ja) (きょうみをひく, kyōmi-o hiku) Latvian: interesēt (lv), (reflexive) interesēties (lv)

Lithuanian: dominti (lt), suinteresuoti (lt), (reflexive) domėtis (lt) Norwegian: interessere (no) Portuguese: interessar (pt) Romanian: interesa (ro) Russian: (transitive) интересовать (ru) (interesovát’) impf., заинтересовать (ru) (zainteresovát’) pf.; (intransitive) интересоваться (ru) (interesovát’sja) impf., заинтересоваться (ru) (zainteresovát’sja) pf. (+ instrumental case) Serbian: kamata (sr) (камата) Spanish: interesar (es) Volapük: nitedön (vo)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: story · deep · meet · #472: interest · brother · I've · longer

Anagrams

• sternite

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Dutch

Noun

interest m. (^??? please provide the plural!, ^??? please provide the diminutive!)

1. (finance) interest

Synonyms

• rente

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Latin

Etymology

inflected form of interesse

Verb

interest

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