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special interests — n [plural] special interest groups in general ▪ Special interests donate millions of dollars to political campaigns … Dictionary of contemporary English
special interests — Synonyms and related words: Black Power, Italian vote, Jewish vote, Polish Power, Rasputin, Svengali, VIP, White Power, access, bad influence, big wheel, black vote, court, eminence grise, farm interests, financial interests, five percenter,… … Moby Thesaurus
special — (adj.) early 13c., better than ordinary, from O.Fr. especial, from L. specialis individual, particular, from species appearance, kind, sort (see SPECIES (Cf. species)). Meaning marked off from others by some distinguishing quality is recorded… … Etymology dictionary
special interest — noun count often plural AMERICAN an organization or industry that tries to influence politicians on a particular issue: The special interests in the oil industry would like to block this legislation … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
special interest — noun an individual or group who are concerned with some particular part of the economy and who try to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor • Hypernyms: ↑interest, ↑interest group * * * noun, pl ⋯ ests [count] chiefly US : a… … Useful english dictionary
special interest — UK / US noun [countable, often plural] Word forms special interest : singular special interest plural special interests mainly American an organization or industry that tries to achieve social or political change on a particular issue The special … English dictionary
special appearance — n: an appearance by a party in court for the sole purpose of challenging the court s assertion of personal jurisdiction over the party compare general appearance ◇ Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the rules of states that have… … Law dictionary
special committee — USA An independent committee of disinterested directors formed to act on special matters that may involve a conflict of interest for a member or members of the board of directors. Most often a special committee is formed by a target company s… … Law dictionary
Special functions — are particular mathematical functions which have more or less established names and notations due to their importance for the mathematical analysis, functional analysis, physics and other applications.There is no general formal definition, but… … Wikipedia
special interest group — UK US noun [countable] [singular special interest group plural special interest groups] a group of people who are trying to achieve social or political change on a particular issue Thesaurus: groups of people with shared interests or aims … Useful english dictionary
