Interest is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for INTEREST in dictionary:

VERB:
• to engage the attention of
• excite the curiosity or attention of (someone)
• persuade someone to undertake or acquire (something)
• excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of
• be on the mind of
• be of importance or consequence
• arouse the interest of
NOUN:
• the feeling of wanting to know or learn about something or someone
• the quality of exciting curiosity or holding the attention
• an activity or subject which one enjoys doing or studying
• money paid regularly at a particular rate for the use of money lent, or for delaying the repayment of a debt
• the advantage or benefit of a person or group
• a stake or involvement in an undertaking, especially a financial one
• a legal concern, title, or right in property
• a group or organization having a common concern, especially in politics or business
• desire to know or hear more about something
• To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work.
• To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally.
• To cause or permit to share.
• Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern.
• Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.
• Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.
• Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars.
• Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.
• The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest.
• a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
• a reason for wanting something done
• the power of attracting or holding one\'s attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.)
• a fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed
• (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something
• (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims
• a diversion that occupies one\'s time and thoughts (usually pleasantly)
• the selfish pursuit of one's own welfare; self-interest.

Words related to INTEREST

interess8 interesse9 interested11 interesting12 interests9

Words that contain INTEREST

interests9 interested11 uninterest10 disinterest12 interesting12 noninterest11 uninterests11 disinterests13 interestedly16 uninterested13 noninterests12 disinterested15 interestingly17 uninteresting14 disinteresting16 interestedness15 uninterestedly18 disinterestedly20 interestingness16 uninterestingly19 disinterestedne17 interestingnesses18 disinterestedness19 disinterestednesses21

How to use INTEREST in a sentence

• Apart from my own private interest in the matter, which after all was a fairly poignant one, the mysterious adventure in which I was involved filled me with a profound curiosity.
• Except for the Swedish and Dutch troubles and the Indian wars mentioned, these countries were in the last decade wholly without historical interest.
• The Canon kindly said, showing his pastoral interest in the local newspaper, that the verses which their young friend Mr.
• It had awakened his interest and aroused his sympathy.
• There have been since his death various attempts to appreciate a character manifestly of such depth and interest, yet about which outsiders could find so little to say.
• Not that she is by any means either shy or solitary, but they do not greatly interest her.
• The interest would be twice as much as they were getting from the bank, while the prospect of a decided advance was good.
• Everything seemed to interest and please him, especially the cabin.
• Occupy him, interest him, or teach him to occupy and interest himself.
• Shaw, Conolly, and Gordon, who all said that the bill would be ruinous to the Protestant interest in Ireland.
• They therefore took as much interest in what they held in France as in their own out-and-out Kingdom of England.
• The question which was of such supreme interest to Schliemann still survives, however, though in a wider and more important form than that in which he conceived of it.
• This being the case, the only interest we can have in it, is to keep it down from the surface, and remove it as rapidly as possible.
• He was, of course, an object of great interest to all the company.
• I supposed he was an American, but at that time did not take enough interest in him to inquire as to who he was or where he came from.
• In the negotiations for Union with the Free Church he has taken a peculiar interest.
• Najib listened to this with a new interest, but with no great conviction.
• Buckle looked them over with interest, expressing his opinions upon them.
• She only said that she had not been born a Catholic, but had turned to Mother Church when the other details of life ceased to interest her.
• Descartes, brother to the Bishop of Lisieux, was supposed to have the Spanish interest at heart.
• And now fate began to take a swift and inexplicable interest in the affairs of Mary and Roswell.
• But when the last faint streaks of the dying day were fading, the more substantial citizens of the community began to gather at this spot of interest.
• But as the interest was regularly paid, his creditor was well satisfied.
• Always from the first taken a friendly interest in our little experiment.
• Half of the humor as well as of the real interest of Mr.
• Sibley has also reproduced, in a note, and which will interest more readers than would ever have the privilege of reading either work.
• Nothing of especial interest occurred during the brief residence of Peter in Vienna.

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