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1 interest
['intrəst, ]( American[) 'intərist] 1. noun1) (curiosity; attention: That newspaper story is bound to arouse interest.) zanimanje2) (a matter, activity etc that is of special concern to one: Gardening is one of my main interests.) zanimanje3) (money paid in return for borrowing a usually large sum of money: The (rate of) interest on this loan is eight per cent; ( also adjective) the interest rate.) obresti; obresten4) ((a share in the ownership of) a business firm etc: He bought an interest in the night-club.) delež5) (a group of connected businesses which act together to their own advantage: I suspect that the scheme will be opposed by the banking interest (= all the banks acting together).) interesi2. verb1) (to arouse the curiosity and attention of; to be of importance or concern to: Political arguments don't interest me at all.) zanimati2) ((with in) to persuade to do, buy etc: Can I interest you in (buying) this dictionary?) zbuditi zanimanje•- interesting
- interestingly
- in one's own interest
- in one's interest
- in the interests of
- in the interest of
- lose interest
- take an interest* * *I [íntrist]nouninteres, zanimanje (in za); udeležba; važnost, pomen; economy udeležba, delež, pravica do deleža (in); economy (samo singular) obresti; vpliv ( with na), oblast ( with nad); prid, korist, dobiček; juridically pravica, zahteva (in)ex interest, free of interest — brez obrestifiguratively to return s.th. with interest — vrniti kaj z obrestmito be of interest to — biti zanimiv za, mikati kogato study the interest of s.o. — imeti korist nekoga pred očmito have an interest in s.th. — imeti delež v čemto take an interest in sth. — zanimati se za kaj, potegovati se za kajto make interest with s.o. — vplivati na kogato have interest with s.o. — imeti vpliv pri komto excite s.o.'s interest — zbuditi zanimanje pri komto obtain s.th. through interest with s.o. — dobiti kaj po zvezahto use one's interest with one for s.o. — zavzeti se za koga pri kompolitics sphere of interest — interesna sferaII [íntrist]transitive verbzbuditi zanimanje (in za); zanimati, zainteresirati; vplivati, privlačitito interest o.s. in — zanimati se za
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