INTEREST

I. noun see: is Date: 15th century 1. a. right, title, or legal share in something, participation in advantage and responsibility, business , company , 2. a charge for borrowed money generally a percentage of the amount borrowed, the profit in goods or money that is made on invested capital, an excess above what is due or expected , advantage , benefit , special ~ , 5. a feeling that accompanies or causes special attention to an object or class of objects ; concern , something that arouses such attention, a quality in a thing arousing ~, II. transitive verb Date: 1608 to induce or persuade to participate or engage, to engage the attention or arouse the ~ of