1. (n.) To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work.

2. (n.) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally.

3. (n.) To cause or permit to share.

4. (n.) Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern.

5. (n.) Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.

6. (n.) Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.

7. (n.) Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars.

8. (n.) Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.

9. (n.) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest.

absolute interest absorb absorption accent accrued dividends accumulated dividends acquisitiveness activities activity advantage advocacy aegis affair affairs affect affect the interest agacerie allotment allowance allure allurement amusement animate answer to appeal appertain to applicability application apply to appositeness appurtenance arouse attention attentiveness attract attraction attractiveness auspices authority autism avail avocation aye backing bag bait bank rate be attractive bear on bear upon bearing beckon beguilement beguiling behalf behoof belong to benefit benison bewitchery bewitchment bias big end bigger half birthright bit bite blandishment blessing boon breakaway group bribe bring budget business cajolery camp campaign capital gains captivate captivation capture care careerism carrot carry cash dividend catch catch up in cathexis caucus cause championship charisma charity charm charmingness chunk claim cleanup clear profit come-hither commerce commission commitment common compensatory interest compound interest con concern concernment conjugal right connect connection consequence consequentiality consideration contingent contingent interest convenience correspond to countenance crusade cumulative dividend curiosity curious mind curiousness cut deal deal with decide demand destiny determine discount rate discrimination dispose diversion dividend dividends divine right division doing dole drag draw draw in drive droit due earnings easement ego trip egotism embarrass emphasis employ employment enchantment encouragement end engage engagement engross engrossment enlist enmesh entangle enterprise entertainment enthrallment enthusiasm enticement entrapment equal share equitable interest equity estate ethnic group excellence excite excite interest excitement exorbitant interest extra dividend faction faculty faith fascinate fascination fate favor favoritism fetch fillip filthy lucre fire flirtation forbidden fruit fosterage function gain gains germaneness get get to do gettings ghoulishness glamour gleanings good goodwill graspingness great cause greed gross gross interest gross profit guidance half halver have connection with helping high order high rank hoard hobby hold holding implicate import importance inalienable right incentive incite incitement inclination incline income individualism induce inducement inequality infect influence inquiring mind inquisitiveness inside track interest group interest in interest rate interestedness interests interim dividend