Interest

  • 41interest — / ɪntrəst/ noun 1. special attention ● The buyers showed a lot of interest in our new product range. 2. payment made by a borrower for the use of money, calculated as a percentage of the capital borrowed ■ verb to attract someone’s attention ●… …

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  • 42interest — 1. noun 1) we listened with interest Syn: attentiveness, attention, regard, notice, curiosity, enjoyment, delight 2) this will be of interest Syn: concern, consequence, importance …

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  • 43interest —    In finance, a commission paid by borrowers to creditors for the use of money belonging to the latter. The money being loaned (as opposed to the interest charged) is known as the principal. The interest to be charged is usually stated in… …

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  • 44interest — 1. noun /ˈɪntɹɛst,ˈɪntɹəst,ˈɪntəɹəst/ a) 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. Our bank offers borrowers an… …

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  • 45interest — n 1. engrossment, engagement, absorption, undivided attention; attentiveness, advertence, heed, concernment; concern, regard, attention, consideration, scrutiny, notice, study; curiosity, inquisitiveness, itch, interestedness. 2. concern,… …

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  • 46interest — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. concern; touch, affect; fascinate, engross, intrigue; hold [the attention], engage, absorb. See excitement. n. concern; welfare, benefit; payment, sum, advantage, profit; part, share, holding; claim,… …

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  • 47interest — [15] The Latin verb interesse meant literally ‘be between’ (it was a compound of inter ‘between’ and esse ‘be’). It was used metaphorically for ‘be of concern, be important, matter’, and appears to have been borrowed into Anglo Norman as a noun,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 48interest — I. v. a. 1. Concern, affect, touch, be of importance to. 2. Engage, enlist, attract. II. n. 1. Good, benefit, profit, weal, advantage. 2. Share, portion, part, participation. 3. Concern, regard, sympathy, pleased attention. 4 …

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  • 49interest — interesas statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Dalykai, į kuriuos žmogus linkęs kreipti dėmesį arba laikyti juos sąmonėje. Interesas lemia žmogaus veiklos motyvus. kilmė lot. interest – viduryje yra, t. y. reikšminga, svarbu… …

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  • 50interest — interesas statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Emocinė pažinimo poreikio apraiška, poreikis sužinoti, susipažinti. Gali būti pažintiniai (susiję su mokymo dalykais, tikrovės pažinimu), profesiniai (kylantys iš pažintinių:… …

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