Interest



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• v.感兴趣; n.兴趣, 利息

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, probably alteration of earlier interesse, from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, to be between, make a difference, concern, from inter- + esse to be — more at is
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a.
    • (1) right, title, or legal share in something
    • (2) participation in advantage and responsibility
  • b. business, company
• 2.
  • a. a charge for borrowed money generally a percentage of the amount borrowed
  • b. the profit in goods or money that is made on invested capital
  • c. an excess above what is due or expected <returned the insults with interest>
• 3. advantage, benefit; also self-interest
• 4. special interest
• 5.
  • a. a feeling that accompanies or causes special attention to an object or class of objects ; concern
  • b. something that arouses such attention
  • c. a quality in a thing arousing interest

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1608
• 1. to induce or persuade to participate or engage
• 2. to engage the attention or arouse the interest of

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