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• interest — I n. concern curiosity 1) to arouse, generate, pique, stir up; revive interest (in) 2) to hold smb. s interest 3) to demonstrate, display, evince, manifest, show interest 4) to express; take an interest in (she took a keen interest in the… …   Combinatory dictionary

• Took — Take Take, v. t. [imp. {Took} (t[oo^]k); p. p. {Taken} (t[=a]k n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• interest — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 desire to learn/hear more about sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ avid, close, considerable, consuming, deep, great, intense, keen, lively …   Collocations dictionary

• interest — [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

• interest — [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,… …   Word origins

• substantial US market interest — (SUSMI) Under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, there is deemed to be substantial US market interest in an issuer s shares, if in the issuer s prior fiscal year: • Securities exchanges and interdealer quotation systems in the US in the… …   Law dictionary

• Credit card interest — Finance Financial markets Bond market …   Wikipedia

• capital and interest — ▪ economics Introduction       in economics, a stock of resources that may be employed in the production of goods and services and the price paid for the use of credit or money, respectively.       Capital in economics is a word of many meanings …   Universalium

• Site of Special Scientific Interest — A Site of Special Scientific Interest or SSSI is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom. SSSIs are the basic building block of site based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological… …   Wikipedia

• Shared Interest — Infobox Company company name = Shared Interest company company type = Co operative slogan = Investing in a Fairer World foundation = 1990 location = 2 Cathedral Square, Groat Market, Newcastle,NE1 1EH, Tyne Wear key people = Patricia Alexander… …   Wikipedia

• Public Interest Immunity — (PII) is a principle of English common law under which the English courts can grant a court order allowing one litigant to refrain from disclosing evidence to the other litigants where disclosure would be damaging to the public interest. This is… …   Wikipedia