interest
Stake or curiosity
Interest connects to what engages attention or provides advantage.
An interest in something is curiosity or concern about it: She developed an interest in astronomy.
To interest someone is to engage their attention.
Something interesting holds that attention.
Interest also means a stake or share: business interests, a controlling interest in the company.
Financial interest is money paid for borrowing money, calculated as a percentage: The loan carries 8% interest.
In the interest of means for the benefit of.
To act in someone's best interests is to do what helps them, whether they recognize it or not.
Measured speed or charge
- APRYearly borrowing cost
- compoundCombined into one
- principalChief school administrator
- yieldProduce or relinquish
accrual · loan · mortgage · credit · debt · savings · usury · percentage
Intense absorbed interest
- intrigueSecret plotting or fascination
- wonderAmazement or curiosity
- inquiryRequest for information
- explorationTraveling through unknown regions
inquisitiveness · questioning · enthusiasm · eagerness · attention · engagement · absorption · captivation
Portion given out
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- ownershipLegal right of possession
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
- investmentDeploying capital for returns
shareholder · stakeholder · vested · controlling · minority · majority · partnership · claim
Pull toward something
- allureAttractive, tempting quality
- charmAttractive personal quality
- drawCreate with pencil
- magnetismForce between poles
fascination · captivation · enchantment · glamour · enticement · pull · seduction · mystique
Favorable position or circumstance
- welfareComfort and prosperity
- goodSatisfactory in quality
- behalfInterest or benefit
- favorKind act or preference
gain · profit · vested · public · common · mutual · best · special
Recreational pursuit
- pursuitAct of chasing something
- collectingGathering items over time
- photographyCreating images from light
- gardeningTending plants recreationally
painting · reading · gaming · birdwatching · woodworking · crafts · fishing · hiking
rate
Measured speed or charge
yield · accrual · loan · mortgage · credit · debt · savings · usury · percentage · repayment
fascination
Intense absorbed interest
exploration · inquisitiveness · questioning · enthusiasm · eagerness · attention · engagement · absorption · captivation · preoccupation
share
Portion given out
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- ownershipLegal right of possession
- holdingMaintaining physical possession
investment · shareholder · stakeholder · vested · controlling · minority · majority · partnership · claim · portion
attraction
Pull toward something
magnetism · fascination · captivation · enchantment · glamour · enticement · pull · seduction · mystique · charisma
advantage
Favorable position or circumstance
favor · gain · profit · vested · public · common · mutual · best · special · conflict
pastime
Recreational pursuit
- pursuitAct of chasing something
- collectingGathering items over time
- photographyCreating images from light
gardening · painting · reading · gaming · birdwatching · woodworking · crafts · fishing · hiking · knitting
- financesmoney, affluence, cash, bankrupt, income
- Money & Financecurrency, cash, coins, bills, wages
- resourcesresources, money, natural resources, human resources, financial resources
- bankingbank, banks, ATM, ATMs, account
- business financeaccounting, balance sheet, revenue stream, profit margin, budget
- business termsfranchising, revenue stream, board meeting, gross margin, markdown
interestindifference
Lack of interest
disinterest · apathy · unconcern · uninterest · inattention
- not interestedWithout curiosity or engagement
- interest ratesPrice paid for borrowing
- love interestRomantic focus of a story
- best interestsOne's optimal benefit
- person of interestIndividual warranting investigation
- conflict of interestCompromised impartiality from competing stakes
interested, interesting, uninteresting, interests, uninterested, accrued interest, disinterest, disinterested, interest-free