noun 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. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
Our bank offers borrowers an annual interest of 5%.
noun Any excess over and above an exact equivalent
noun A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
He has a lot of interest in vintage cars.
noun Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
noun Advantage, welfare, or something that serves it.
noun An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor.
When scientists and doctors write articles and when politicians run for office, they are required in many countries to declare any existing conflicts of interest (competing interests).
noun Something which, or someone whom, one is interested in.
Lexicography is one of my interests.
noun Condition or quality of exciting concern or being of importance.