VANITY

[noun] [U] [disapproving]You have to have a certain amount of vanity to be a model, don't you?He wants the job purely for reasons of vanity and ambition, without regard for how it might affect his family.A vanity is (US) for a vanitory unit.A vanity press is a publishing company where writers pay to have their books produced.(US) Vanity plates are number plates on a vehicle which have particular numbers or letters on them that the vehicle's owner has specially chosen and paid to have.A vanity unit is a vanitory unit.