interestn.

Brit.

/ˈɪntrᵻst/,

/ˈɪnt(ə)rɛst/, U.S.

/ˈɪnt(ə)rəst/

Forms: Also Middle English entrest, 1500s enterest, 1500s–1600s intrest, (1600s int'rest).

Etymology: An alteration of the earlier interess n., apparently after the cognate French interest (1290 in Godefroy), modern French intérêt, apparently a noun use of Latin interest it makes a difference, concerns, matters, is of importance, 3rd person singular present indicative (used impersonally) of the verb, of which the infinitive interesse was used as a noun in medieval Latin, and in the other Romanic languages and Middle English. There is much that is obscure in the history of this word, first as to the adoption of Latin interest as a noun, and secondly as to the history of the Old French sense ‘damage, loss’. No other sense is recorded in French until the 16th cent. As this was not the 15th cent. sense of English interess(e, it is curious that the form of the French word should have affected the English. The relations between the sense-development in French and English in 16–17th cent. are also far from clear.

I. Senses relating to a right to participate or share.

1. The relation of being objectively concerned in something, by having a right or title to, a claim upon, or a share in.

a. The fact or relation of being legally concerned; legal concern in a thing; esp. right or title to property, or to some of the uses or benefits pertaining to property; = interess n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal concepts > [noun] > interest

interess1430

interest1450

1450 Rolls Parl. V. 185/1 Noon of youre Liege peple hafuyng interest, right or title, of or in ony of the premisses.

1478 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 509 He neuer knywe..þat I hadde any clayme or entrest in the maner off Heylesdon.

1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng vii. f. 7^v Their tytell and interest grewe by enherytaunce.

1533–4 Act 25 Henry VIII c. 20 in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 462 Yeldyng unto the Kynges Highnes..all suche duties rightes and interestes as before tyme hath byn accustomed to be payd for any suche Archebishopriche or Bishopriche.

1571 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 352 I gyue to John Stephen..all my quarrell geare..& my whole interest and good will of my Quarrell.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 84 All your Interest in those Territories, Is vtterly bereft you.

1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 345 b Interesse..in legall vnderstanding extendeth to Estates, Rights and Titles, that a man hath of, in, to, or out of Lands, for he is truly said to haue an interest in them.

1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre iv. 139 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian They transport many Families to the Francks, who plant them in desert Countries, and upon that ground pretend an interest to the Island.

1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. xx. 323 The estates exchanged must be equal in quantity; not of value..but of interest; as fee-simple for fee-simple.

1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xv. 101 You should always, before granting a lease, consider what interest you have in the estate.

figurative.1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Jude f. xxii^v We in beleuing the Gospell, haue through Baptisme escaped Satans enterest.a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. i. 8 Clow. But Awdrie, there is a youth heere in the Forrest layes claime to you. Awd. I, I know who 'tis: he hath no interest in mee in the world. 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 39 One who next the King his Father, claimed greatest interest in P——, for having bred him up from his infancie.a1680 S. Butler Elephant in Moon i. 165 Proud of his Int'rest in the Glory Of so miraculous a Story.

b. Right or title to spiritual privileges.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [noun] > right or title to spiritual privileges

interest1604

1604 S. Hieron Preachers Plea in Wks. (1620) I. 482 A freedome it is from the bondage of Sathan..giuing an interest into Gods fauour.

a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 53 Tho all Eternity were full of Treasures..and our Interest to all never so perfect.

a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) XI. 149 Let him impartially ask himself..what evidences he has of his..interest in the second covenant.

c. Right or title to a share in something; share, part.

ΘΠ

the mind > possession > sharing > [noun] > a share > right to

interestc1595

c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cii. 86 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 154 Thou art one, still one: Tyme interest in thee hath none.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III ii. ii. 47 Ah somuch [sic] interest haue I in thy sorrow, As I had title in thy noble husband.

1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) i. sig. C1 The honestie of your conuersation, makes me request more int'rest in your familiaritie.

1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 72 I am sorry that her love hath so small interest in you.

1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 216 A Persian..begg'd an int'rest in his frequent pray'rs.

†d. Participation or share in doing something or the production of some result. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > fact or action of being concerned with

meddlingc1390

implicationc1430

mellingc1440

intermeddling1531

participation1582

mashing1607

trucka1625

concern1643

involvedness1654

interest1660

involvement1706

business1759

immixture1859

involution1886

a piece (also share) of the action1938

1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxiii. 184 Suspecting that..the Figure of the Vessel might have an interest in this odde Phænomenon.

1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life v. 52 Great is the interest of words in this Doctrine.

1709 F. Hauksbee Physico-mech. Exper. (1719) v. 145 A signal Demonstration of the Influence and Interest of the Air in these Phœnomena.

a1748 I. Watts Improvem. Mind (1838) xix. 212 Endeavour to adjust the degrees of influence, that each cause might have in producing the effect, and the proper agency and interest of each therein.

e. esp. A pecuniary share or stake in, or claim upon anything; the relation of being a part-owner of property, a shareholder or bondholder in a commercial or financial undertaking, or the like.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal concepts > [noun] > interest > pecuniary interest

interest1674

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > held

holding1573

interest1674

equity1889

net worth1930

to have a stake in1955

1674 tr. P. M. de la Martinière New Voy. Northern Countries 2 To address myself to a Friend of mine who had a principal interest in that affair, and to desire his Mediation to the Company.

1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. xxx. 460 A practice of insuring large sums without having any property on board, which were called insurances, interest or no interest.

1824 J. Marshall Writings upon Federal Constit. (1839) 345 The Planter's Bank of Georgia is not the state of Georgia, although the state holds an interest in it.

1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xiv. 228 He was a buyer and seller of those fractional and volatile interests in trading adventures, which go by the name of ‘shares’.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right II. xiv. 28 We had..bought up all the ‘interests’, that is, shares, half shares, and quarter shares on or near the supposed run of gold that we had struck.

a. The relation of being concerned or affected in respect of advantage or detriment; esp. an advantageous relation of this kind.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > relation in respect of

interesta1533

the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > interest or concern

interess?c1425

interesta1533

concernancy1604

concernment1640

concern1643

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) Let. v. (R.) Without interest we commit sinne, seeyng peyne commyng withall.

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 55 There was none in Lisbone but had some interest in this warre, who so had not his sonne there, had his father;..the traders..did venture their wealth in it.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 367 What's thy interest In this sad wracke?

1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 269 By reason of the double interest of pleasure and profit.

1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. viii. 79 I have an interest in being first to deliver this message, as I expect for my reward to be honoured with miss Sophy's hand as a partner.

1780 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 369 No people ought to be permitted to live in a country, who are not permitted to have an interest in its welfare.

1815 J. W. Croker in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) I. iii. 66 Castlereagh says what interest has Fouché now to tell a lie?

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 39 Persons who were bound by strong ties of interest to the government.

b. That which is to or for the advantage of any one; good, benefit, profit, advantage.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > relation in respect of > a person's

noteeOE

commodity1410

servicea1450

interess1452

commodomec1547

commodie1575

interest1579

particular1597

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin iii. 129 Caried with ambicious respectes touching their interests and desires particular.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. ii. 64 No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceiue Our Bosome interest .

1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 11 Is not every thing almost reckoned Profitable only so far as it conduces to some Temporal Interest?

1724 J. Swift Some Observ. Wood's Half-pence 13 His Profit is preferred not only before the Interests, but the very Safety and Being of a great Kingdom.

1746 E. Burke Let. 26 Apr. in Corr. (1958) I. 63 One who has our interest at heart.

1843 J. Clason Serm. v. 85 He thought it to his temporal interest to do it.

1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. ii. vii. 533 She was fully sensible of..his devotion to the interests both of the king and of religion.

1884 Law Times 77 20/1 It is the interest of the keeper of an asylum to retard or conceal the recovery of his patient.

c. in the interest (interests) of: on the side of what is advantageous or beneficial to.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > [phrase] > to or for the advantage of

in favour of1556

to (also for) the behalf of1562

in the interest (interests) of1716

for the benefit of1752

on behalf of1791

1716 J. Addison Freeholder No. 4. ⁋1 The Women of our Island, who are the most eminent for Virtue and good Sense, are in the Interest of the present Government.

1727 Country-post in J. Swift et al. Misc. II. 285 She had betray'd us, and was in the Interest of the Kite aforesaid.

1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. I. 347 The party in the interests of Lewis began to lose ground.

1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 129 He did not choose to keep a clerk, who was not in his interests.

1858 T. De Quincey Select. Grave & Gay IX. Pref. 10 ‘In the interest’ (to use a slang phrase just now coming into currency) of enlightened patriotism.

1884 Manch. Examiner 27 May 5/1 In the interests of humanity there is no need to regret the change.

3. A thing in which one has an interest or concern.

ΘΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > business claiming attention > an occupation or affair > in which one has an interest

interest1619

outside interest1854

1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. xix. 353 Very many striuing together whose prisoner hee should be, the prey was torne in pieces while they wrangled about that interest.

1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 384 Many times your interests are seised on by storms, sometimes by Pyrats.

1678 R. Cudworth tr. Theon the Scholiast in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 476 The Supreme God is saluted, As the Great Wonder of the World, and Interest of Mankind.

1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism vi. 267 Religion is in a secondary yet not an unimportant sense an interest of the present life.

1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets iii. 2 Colonies excite more attention at present than any of our other interests.

4. A business, cause, or principle, in which a number of persons are interested; the party interested in such a business or principle; a party having a common interest; a religious or political party, business connection, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > affair, business, concern > [noun]

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concerning1604

concern1659

interest1674

lookout1795

show1797

pidgin1807

put-in1853

chip1896

thang1932

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > united by common interest

interest1674

SIG1966

1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 246 He will be regarded as y^e great patron of y^e protestant Interest.

1679 in Puller Moder. Ch. Eng. (1843) 290 [This] would greatly strengthen the Protestant interest.

1714 A. Pope Corr. 8 June (1956) I. 229 I was entered into a Cabal with Dean Swift and others to write against the Whig-Interest.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 30 Caballing and forming an Interest among the Men.

1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Study Hist. (1752) ii. 39 The notion of creating a new, that is, a moneyed interest, in opposition to the landed interest.

1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. iv. 38 The cabinet was divided by two opposite interests.

1891 Leeds Mercury 27 Apr. 4/7 The banking interest in the City is known to be averse to the change.

1893 Daily News 28 Feb. 4/7 Mr. Gladstone..said that interests were always awake, while the country too often slumbered and slept.

5. Regard to one's own profit or advantage; selfish pursuit of one's own welfare; = self-interest n.

ΘΠ

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun]

proper exquisitionc1430

privatenessa1586

interest1622

self-concernment1644

self-interest1649

self-bias1657

self-concern1670

interess1678

self-reference1802

1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. xx. 4 a Loue, interest, and feare, are those three ropes that halter Iustice.

1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 13 I love you without interest, without pretence, and without any other desire, then to see you.

1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. IV. 355 The more she was above interest, the more she abandoned herself to ambition.

a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 102 The coil That interest flings upon our hearts.

6. Influence due to personal connection; power of influencing the action of others; personal influence with (†in) a person or body of persons. to make interest, to bring personal influence to bear.

ΘΠ

society > authority > power > influence > [noun]

powerc1300

authorityc1405

voice1433

swaya1510

gravity1534

force1582

bias1587

interest1600

prevalence1612

prevailance1631

pondus1638

prevailancya1649

prevailency1650

influence1652

prevalency1652

weight1710

prevailingness1757

holding1770

mojo1923

clout1958

muscle1965

society > authority > power > influence > have influence [verb (intransitive)] > exert influence

labour1442

to make labour1603

influence1670

to make interest1709

to weigh in1909

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 219 Lorenzo and Salerio, welcome hether, if that the youth of my newe intrest heere haue power to bid you welcome. ]

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 202 Those magistrates were mechanicke men, in whom feare hath a more interest, then the respect of a King.

1653 Act Govt. Commw. 45 Several persons of Interest and Fidelity in this Commonwealth.

1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens 365 Her interest with him is such, that she governs him absolutely.

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation ii. 50 Early interest was made with Elizabeth for the continuance of the old religion.

1723 Duke of Wharton True Briton No. 56. ¶17 The Author made no Interest (as the Phrase goes) That is to say, was so Civil to..his Cotemporaries, as to suppose they were qualify'd to hear and see for themselves.

1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxxvi. 293 To raise the people in the counties..where his interest lay.

a. The feeling of one who is concerned or has a personal concern in any thing; hence, the state of feeling proper to such a relation, or a particular form or instance of it; a feeling of concern for or curiosity about a person or thing.

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > [noun]

busyhead1340

inquisitiveness1583

curiosity1613

interest1771

femalism1779

interestedness1788

curiousness1794

explorativeness1841

wondering1847

wonder1853

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [noun] > feeling of interest

resentment1641

interest1771

interestedness1788

1771 H. Mackenzie Man of Feeling xii. 8 There are certain interests which the world supposes every man to have.

1811 A. de Beauclerc Ora & Juliet IV. 115 No one ever appeared to take an interest about us.

1836 J. Grant Random Recoll. House of Lords xvi. 385 The issue of the debate is regarded by him with an interest of no ordinary intensity.

1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 325 He who can take no interest in what is small, will take false interest in what is great.

1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. i. xi. 59 I should be glad..to see you take a little more interest in duties which..you may be called upon to discharge.

1879 J. Morley Burke x. 209 The contentiousness is not..rapid enough to hold the interest of a practical assembly.

1898 A. W. W. Dale Life R. W. Dale i. 8 He was a man with wide interests.

b. transferred of things: Power of exciting this feeling, interesting character or quality.

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [noun] > quality of

fascination1697

interestingness1759

strikingness1818

interest1821

engrossingness1848

mirch masala1980

1821 J. Mackintosh in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 230 The Confutation of Sir Robert Filmer..has long lost all interest.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 135 Questions of great interest.

1884 W. E. Gladstone Speech at Edinb. 30 Aug. There was one feature in that struggle..which gave it an interest—a finishing interest—if not a higher interest than any other.

1886 Manch. Examiner 3 Nov. 3/1 The Quarterly for October is exceptionally strong in literary interest, but the interest is not wholly of a pleasant kind.

1895 F. Hall Two Trifles iii A short article on a province of English philology which is, to me..one of interest.

8. The fact or quality of mattering or being of importance (as belonging to things); concernment, importance.

ΘΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun]

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importmenta1625

concernment1626

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telling1636

signification1645

considerableness1647

concerningness1657

nearness1679

significancy1679

respectability1769

interest1809

noteworthiness1852

portee1893

valency1897

1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 35 The conscience..is already violated when to moral good or evil we oppose things possessing no moral interest.

1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation iii. i. 401 However important, these, after all, are matters of subordinate interest.

II. Senses related to medieval Latin interesse, as used by Matthew Paris a1259, and frequently from 13th cent. (see Du Cange), in the phrase damna et interesse, in French legal phraseology dommages et intérêts, the indemnity due to any one for the damage and prejudice done to him. Cf. Old French interest (1290 in Godef.) in sense ‘damage’, also recompense for damage done or caused, ‘damages’. In sense 10 French interest (now intérêt) occurs in Rabelais, 1535.

†9.

a. Injury, detriment. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun]

burstc1000

harmOE

scatheOE

teenOE

evil healc1175

waningc1175

hurt?c1225

quede?c1225

balec1275

damage1300

follyc1300

grill13..

ungain13..

torferc1325

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endamagement1593

blemishment1596

mischievance1600

damnificationa1631

oblesion1656

mishanter1754

vitiation1802

mar1876

jeel1887

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harm or injury > [noun]

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teenOE

ungrithlOE

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outraya1425

injuryc1430

mischieving1432

supprise1442

incommodityc1450

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grudge1491

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impeachment1548

inconveniency1553

indemnity1556

interestc1575

abuse1595

mischievance1600

oblesion1656

grit1876

c1575 Balfour's Practicks (1754) 178 The awner..hes gude richt and just actioun aganis the with-halder of the saidis landis or gudis, for the damnage, skaith and interest quhilk he may sufficientlie prove that he sustenit throw the wanting of the proffeitis of the saidis landis or gudis.

1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 303 How can this [be done]..without extreame interest and manifest derogation from his divine greatnes?

b. Compensation for injury, ‘damages’. (French dommages et intérêts (see Littré, Intérêt 2^c), medieval Latin damna et interesse.) Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > compensation > [noun] > compensation for damage

amends1340

damage1542

interestc1575

indemnity1793

reparation1918

a1259 M. Paris Chron. Majora 612 (Du Cange) Propter usuras, pœnas, & Interesse.

1274 in G. Holmes Rymer & Sanderson's Fœdera (1727) II. 34/1 Tam super principali, quam super custibus, dampnis, & interesse refundendis Domui nostræ.]

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. xi. 191 He is holden as he was byfore to suche damages and Interesses that he hathe doon unto hym by wronge hande.] c1575 Balfour's Practicks (1754) 179 He sall be haldin to pay to the uther partie the foirsaid pane, as damnage and interest.1607 E. Grimeston tr. S. Goulart Admirable & Memorable Hist. 14 Untill the full payment of the fines, charges, damage and interest adjudged, as well to the King; as to the said parties.

10.

a. Money paid for the use of money lent (the principal), or for forbearance of a debt, according to a fixed ratio (rate per cent.).Interest is paid at fixed intervals, usually once or twice in the year. simple interest is the interest paid on the principal as lent. compound (†compounded) interest (interest upon interest), is the interest eventually paid on a principal periodically increased by the addition of each fresh amount of interest as it becomes due and remains unpaid. Interest in this sense was formerly called usury, a name still applied when interest is charged at a rate beyond what is considered legitimate or just.In medieval Latin interesse (Interest) differed from usura (Usury) in that the latter was avowedly a charge for the use of money, which was forbidden by the Canon Law; whereas originally ‘interesse refers to the compensation which under the Roman Law, was due by the debtor who had made default. The measure of compensation was id quod interest, the difference between the creditor's position in consequence of the debtor's laches and the position which might reasonably have been anticipated as the direct consequence of the debtor's fulfilment of his obligation’. This compensation was always permissible when it could be shown that such loss had really arisen (damnum emergens). At a later period, lucrum cessans—loss of profit through inability to reinvest—was also recognized as giving a claim to interesse; both cases appear to be included in the formula damna et interesse. The interesse was originally a fixed sum specified in the contract; but a percentage reckoned periodically, so as to correspond to the creditor's loss, was afterwards substituted (as sometimes in England in the first half of the 13th cent.). Interest in the modern sense was first sanctioned by law (though apparently under cover of the medieval theory) by 37 Hen. VIII, c. 9 (see quot. 1545); this statute was repealed in 1552, but re-enacted in 1571. (See W. J. Ashley Engl. Econ. Hist. Middle Ages II. 397, 466, and I. S. Leadam in Dict. Pol. Econ., 1896, II. 429.)

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > moneylending at interest > interest

gavela700

usure1338

usuryc1450

interess1529

interest1545

fenory1572

usance1584

use1595

advantage1600

excess1600

interest-money1618

premium1669

service1817

usage1822

vigorish1935

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > return from capital or investment > interest

interest1545

advantage1600

use-money1605

rente1825

1529 King Henry VIII Instr. Orator Rome (MS. Cott. Vit. B. xi. lf. 74 b) Which money..shalbe truely repayde with interesse.]

1545 Act 37 Hen. VIII c. 9 §3 Be it also enacted..that no person or persons..by way or meane of any corrupte bargayne, loone, eschaunge, chevisaunce, shifte, interest of any wares..accepte or take, in lucre or gaynes, for the forbearinge or givinge daye of payment of one hole yere of and for his or their money..above the sume of tenne poundes in the hundred.1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. v. 71 It was not thought to bee Justice, that the man o warre..should for an enterest of lone, bee throwen into prisone.1574 J. Baret Aluearie I 172 To borow money vpon interest to pay my debt.1577 in Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs (1870) I. 50 Ane hundreth and aucht merkis to pay for one ȝeris interest thairof, according to the raitt of tuelf for the hundreth.1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 527 Interest, or profite of monie, when as it hath beene alwaies vnpleasant in the sight of God, who forbiddeth all kinde of vsurie whatsoeuer it be.1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques 52 Men haue now inuented interest in steed of vsury.1615 R. Norton New Additions in Records Arithmeticke: Ground of Arts (rev. ed.) 578 Interest is the summe reckoned for the lending or forbearance of the Principal for any termes or time... Interest simple, is that which is counted from the Principal only... Interest compound is that which is counted for the Principall, together with the Arrirage.a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) i. iii. 27 Built with other mens moneys Took up at Interest.1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade 59 Decimall Tables of compounded Interest.1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. xxx. 454 When money is lent on a contract to receive..an increase by way of compensation for the use; which is generally called interest by those who think it lawful, and usury by those who do not so.1806 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) I. 127 Compound interest, called also Interest upon Interest, is that which arises from the principal and interest, taken together, as it becomes due.1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. vi. 52 When the rate is above five or six per cent., it will be to some extent not true interest, but compensation for the risk of losing the capital altogether.1879 J. T. Rogers in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 14/1 Interest is the reward which a man obtains for allowing another to use his property.1881 Bible (R.V.) Matt. xxv. 27 At my coming I should have received back mine own with interest [1611 usury].

b. figurative esp. in with interest, with increase or augmentation.

ΘΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > increasing in quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > with increase

with interest1589

1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Biij When I lacke matter to talke of, I may resort hether [to the Exchange] to take vp a little newes at interest.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. iii. 51 You shall haue your desires with interest .

1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. ii. sig. C2^v I doe returne your wish With ample interest of beatitude.

1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 138 He paid the Imperialists with Interest.

1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xxvii. 324 The latter..returned the blows with interest.

1890 Spectator 24 May 715/1 They never seem to have put out their ideas to interest, but kept them wrapped up in napkins till they forgot their existence.

Compounds

C1. attributive and in other combinations, as (sense 4) interest-bound adj.; (sense 7) interest-awaking, interest-compelling adjs.; (sense 10) interest-bearing, interest charge, interest-equalization, interest policy, interest-rate; interest-free adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > profitable > relating to interest

three per cent1753

interest-bearing1894

annualized1906

coupon1949

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > moneylending at interest > interest > rate of interest

prime rate1815

usage1822

mortgage rate1898

savings rate1904

saving rate1905

discount rate1913

base lending rate1933

prime lending rate1951

interest-rate1959

base rate1970

minimum lending rate1972

MLR1972

prime1973

bank rate1974

LIBOR1974

subprime1976

Euribor1997

1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism p. xviii The seductive influence of sinister interest, and interest-begotten prejudice.

1848 J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance I. i. ii. 17 An interest policy is one which shows by its form that the assured has a real, substantial interest in the thing insured.

1894 W. T. Stead in Westm. Gaz. 7 May 2/1 The watchword of the Coxeyite agitation is ‘Death to the interest-bearing bond!’

1901 Daily Chron. 18 Nov. 6/3 The ‘great retrograde, tyrannical, interest-bound party’.

1902 Daily Chron. 17 July 6/4 Its interest-awaking value.

1902 Daily Chron. 6 Aug. 3/2 As interest-compelling..as the amour of a mediæval queen.

1936 L. Wirth & E. A. Shils tr. K. Mannheim Ideol. & Utopia iii. i. 136 The hitherto constantly emphasized interest-bound nature of political thought.

1943 E. Blunden Return to Husbandry iii. 18 This demands ample credit of an interest-free nature.

1957 M. Swan Brit. Guiana iv. 78 Houses which had been built with interest-free loans or with other forms of estate assistance.

1959 E. Pound Thrones xcviii. 42 Byzance lasted longer than Manchu because of an (%) interest-rate.

1963 Daily Tel. 2 Oct. 23/8 The interest-equalisation tax to raise the cost of foreign borrowing in New York.

1966 Times 28 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. vii/5 The United States's interest-equalization tax of 15 per cent, to be paid by any United States resident buying foreign stocks.

1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 6 May 38/3 The company store charged exorbitant prices, but extended interest-free credit.

1974 Times 18 Feb. 14/5 It may..be difficult with such a budget deficit to prevent interest rates from rising.

C2.

interest group n. a group of individuals possessing a common identifying interest.

ΘΠ

society > society and the community > [noun] > social group > having identifying interest

group1894

interest group1908

1908 A. F. Bentley Process of Govt. xii. 300 The deeper-lying interest groups of society.

1962 Economist 25 Aug. 685/2 The authors see signs of change..in the growth of interest-group organisations.

1964 R. Wilkinson Gentlemanly Power iv. 48 The parliamentary Conservative party has come to represent different interest-groups, farmers..manufacturers, small professional men..stockbrokers, shopkeepers and elderly widows.

interest-money n. = sense 10.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > moneylending at interest > interest

gavela700

usure1338

usuryc1450

interess1529

interest1545

fenory1572

usance1584

use1595

advantage1600

excess1600

interest-money1618

premium1669

service1817

usage1822

vigorish1935

1618 P. Holderus tr. J. van Oldenbarneveld Barneuel's Apol. sig. Ciij^v The interest-money came to that height, that the State of the whole seemed desperate.

1673 F. Kirkman Unlucky Citizen 212 He were better to pay interest money.

1895 Outing 26 343/2 Johann received the interest money gruffly.

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单词	interest
释义	interestn. Brit. /ˈɪntrᵻst/, /ˈɪnt(ə)rɛst/, U.S. /ˈɪnt(ə)rəst/ Forms: Also Middle English entrest, 1500s enterest, 1500s–1600s intrest, (1600s int'rest). Etymology: An alteration of the earlier interess n., apparently after the cognate French interest (1290 in Godefroy), modern French intérêt, apparently a noun use of Latin interest it makes a difference, concerns, matters, is of importance, 3rd person singular present indicative (used impersonally) of the verb, of which the infinitive interesse was used as a noun in medieval Latin, and in the other Romanic languages and Middle English. There is much that is obscure in the history of this word, first as to the adoption of Latin interest as a noun, and secondly as to the history of the Old French sense ‘damage, loss’. No other sense is recorded in French until the 16th cent. As this was not the 15th cent. sense of English interess(e, it is curious that the form of the French word should have affected the English. The relations between the sense-development in French and English in 16–17th cent. are also far from clear. I. Senses relating to a right to participate or share. 1. The relation of being objectively concerned in something, by having a right or title to, a claim upon, or a share in. a. The fact or relation of being legally concerned; legal concern in a thing; esp. right or title to property, or to some of the uses or benefits pertaining to property; = interess n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal concepts > [noun] > interest interess1430 interest1450 1450 Rolls Parl. V. 185/1 Noon of youre Liege peple hafuyng interest, right or title, of or in ony of the premisses. 1478 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 509 He neuer knywe..þat I hadde any clayme or entrest in the maner off Heylesdon. 1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng vii. f. 7^v Their tytell and interest grewe by enherytaunce. 1533–4 Act 25 Henry VIII c. 20 in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 462 Yeldyng unto the Kynges Highnes..all suche duties rightes and interestes as before tyme hath byn accustomed to be payd for any suche Archebishopriche or Bishopriche. 1571 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 352 I gyue to John Stephen..all my quarrell geare..& my whole interest and good will of my Quarrell. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 84 All your Interest in those Territories, Is vtterly bereft you. View more context for this quotation 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. 345 b Interesse..in legall vnderstanding extendeth to Estates, Rights and Titles, that a man hath of, in, to, or out of Lands, for he is truly said to haue an interest in them. 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre iv. 139 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian They transport many Families to the Francks, who plant them in desert Countries, and upon that ground pretend an interest to the Island. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. xx. 323 The estates exchanged must be equal in quantity; not of value..but of interest; as fee-simple for fee-simple. 1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xv. 101 You should always, before granting a lease, consider what interest you have in the estate. figurative.1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Jude f. xxii^v We in beleuing the Gospell, haue through Baptisme escaped Satans enterest.a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) v. i. 8 Clow. But Awdrie, there is a youth heere in the Forrest layes claime to you. Awd. I, I know who 'tis: he hath no interest in mee in the world. View more context for this quotation1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 39 One who next the King his Father, claimed greatest interest in P——, for having bred him up from his infancie.a1680 S. Butler Elephant in Moon i. 165 Proud of his Int'rest in the Glory Of so miraculous a Story. b. Right or title to spiritual privileges. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > [noun] > right or title to spiritual privileges interest1604 1604 S. Hieron Preachers Plea in Wks. (1620) I. 482 A freedome it is from the bondage of Sathan..giuing an interest into Gods fauour. a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 53 Tho all Eternity were full of Treasures..and our Interest to all never so perfect. a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) XI. 149 Let him impartially ask himself..what evidences he has of his..interest in the second covenant. c. Right or title to a share in something; share, part. ΘΠ the mind > possession > sharing > [noun] > a share > right to interestc1595 c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme cii. 86 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 154 Thou art one, still one: Tyme interest in thee hath none. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III ii. ii. 47 Ah somuch [sic] interest haue I in thy sorrow, As I had title in thy noble husband. View more context for this quotation 1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) i. sig. C1 The honestie of your conuersation, makes me request more int'rest in your familiaritie. 1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 72 I am sorry that her love hath so small interest in you. 1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 216 A Persian..begg'd an int'rest in his frequent pray'rs. †d. Participation or share in doing something or the production of some result. Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > fact or action of being concerned with meddlingc1390 implicationc1430 mellingc1440 intermeddling1531 participation1582 mashing1607 trucka1625 concern1643 involvedness1654 interest1660 involvement1706 business1759 immixture1859 involution1886 a piece (also share) of the action1938 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall xxiii. 184 Suspecting that..the Figure of the Vessel might have an interest in this odde Phænomenon. 1673 J. Flavell Fountain of Life v. 52 Great is the interest of words in this Doctrine. 1709 F. Hauksbee Physico-mech. Exper. (1719) v. 145 A signal Demonstration of the Influence and Interest of the Air in these Phœnomena. a1748 I. Watts Improvem. Mind (1838) xix. 212 Endeavour to adjust the degrees of influence, that each cause might have in producing the effect, and the proper agency and interest of each therein. e. esp. A pecuniary share or stake in, or claim upon anything; the relation of being a part-owner of property, a shareholder or bondholder in a commercial or financial undertaking, or the like. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal concepts > [noun] > interest > pecuniary interest interest1674 society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > held holding1573 interest1674 equity1889 net worth1930 to have a stake in1955 1674 tr. P. M. de la Martinière New Voy. Northern Countries 2 To address myself to a Friend of mine who had a principal interest in that affair, and to desire his Mediation to the Company. 1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. xxx. 460 A practice of insuring large sums without having any property on board, which were called insurances, interest or no interest. 1824 J. Marshall Writings upon Federal Constit. (1839) 345 The Planter's Bank of Georgia is not the state of Georgia, although the state holds an interest in it. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. xiv. 228 He was a buyer and seller of those fractional and volatile interests in trading adventures, which go by the name of ‘shares’. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right II. xiv. 28 We had..bought up all the ‘interests’, that is, shares, half shares, and quarter shares on or near the supposed run of gold that we had struck. 2. a. The relation of being concerned or affected in respect of advantage or detriment; esp. an advantageous relation of this kind. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > relation in respect of interesta1533 the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > interest or concern interess?c1425 interesta1533 concernancy1604 concernment1640 concern1643 a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) Let. v. (R.) Without interest we commit sinne, seeyng peyne commyng withall. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 55 There was none in Lisbone but had some interest in this warre, who so had not his sonne there, had his father;..the traders..did venture their wealth in it. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 367 What's thy interest In this sad wracke? View more context for this quotation 1639 T. B. tr. J.-P. Camus Certain Moral Relations in S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 269 By reason of the double interest of pleasure and profit. 1766 O. Goldsmith Vicar of Wakefield I. viii. 79 I have an interest in being first to deliver this message, as I expect for my reward to be honoured with miss Sophy's hand as a partner. 1780 E. Burke Corr. (1844) II. 369 No people ought to be permitted to live in a country, who are not permitted to have an interest in its welfare. 1815 J. W. Croker in L. J. Jennings Croker Papers (1884) I. iii. 66 Castlereagh says what interest has Fouché now to tell a lie? 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vi. 39 Persons who were bound by strong ties of interest to the government. b. That which is to or for the advantage of any one; good, benefit, profit, advantage. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > relation in respect of > a person's noteeOE commodity1410 servicea1450 interess1452 commodomec1547 commodie1575 interest1579 particular1597 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin iii. 129 Caried with ambicious respectes touching their interests and desires particular. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. ii. 64 No more that Thane of Cawdor shall deceiue Our Bosome interest . View more context for this quotation 1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 11 Is not every thing almost reckoned Profitable only so far as it conduces to some Temporal Interest? 1724 J. Swift Some Observ. Wood's Half-pence 13 His Profit is preferred not only before the Interests, but the very Safety and Being of a great Kingdom. 1746 E. Burke Let. 26 Apr. in Corr. (1958) I. 63 One who has our interest at heart. 1843 J. Clason Serm. v. 85 He thought it to his temporal interest to do it. 1855 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Philip II of Spain I. ii. vii. 533 She was fully sensible of..his devotion to the interests both of the king and of religion. 1884 Law Times 77 20/1 It is the interest of the keeper of an asylum to retard or conceal the recovery of his patient. c. in the interest (interests) of: on the side of what is advantageous or beneficial to. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [phrase] > to or for the advantage of in favour of1556 to (also for) the behalf of1562 in the interest (interests) of1716 for the benefit of1752 on behalf of1791 1716 J. Addison Freeholder No. 4. ⁋1 The Women of our Island, who are the most eminent for Virtue and good Sense, are in the Interest of the present Government. 1727 Country-post in J. Swift et al. Misc. II. 285 She had betray'd us, and was in the Interest of the Kite aforesaid. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. I. 347 The party in the interests of Lewis began to lose ground. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 129 He did not choose to keep a clerk, who was not in his interests. 1858 T. De Quincey Select. Grave & Gay IX. Pref. 10 ‘In the interest’ (to use a slang phrase just now coming into currency) of enlightened patriotism. 1884 Manch. Examiner 27 May 5/1 In the interests of humanity there is no need to regret the change. 3. A thing in which one has an interest or concern. ΘΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > business claiming attention > an occupation or affair > in which one has an interest interest1619 outside interest1854 1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. xix. 353 Very many striuing together whose prisoner hee should be, the prey was torne in pieces while they wrangled about that interest. 1659 D. Pell Πελαγος 384 Many times your interests are seised on by storms, sometimes by Pyrats. 1678 R. Cudworth tr. Theon the Scholiast in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 476 The Supreme God is saluted, As the Great Wonder of the World, and Interest of Mankind. 1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism vi. 267 Religion is in a secondary yet not an unimportant sense an interest of the present life. 1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets iii. 2 Colonies excite more attention at present than any of our other interests. 4. A business, cause, or principle, in which a number of persons are interested; the party interested in such a business or principle; a party having a common interest; a religious or political party, business connection, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > affair, business, concern > [noun] thingeOE charec897 cause1393 gleea1400 affaira1425 articlea1425 conversement1455 concernment1495 subject?1541 gear1545 concerning1604 concern1659 interest1674 lookout1795 show1797 pidgin1807 put-in1853 chip1896 thang1932 society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > united by common interest interest1674 SIG1966 1674 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 246 He will be regarded as y^e great patron of y^e protestant Interest. 1679 in Puller Moder. Ch. Eng. (1843) 290 [This] would greatly strengthen the Protestant interest. 1714 A. Pope Corr. 8 June (1956) I. 229 I was entered into a Cabal with Dean Swift and others to write against the Whig-Interest. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 30 Caballing and forming an Interest among the Men. 1735 Visct. Bolingbroke Lett. Study Hist. (1752) ii. 39 The notion of creating a new, that is, a moneyed interest, in opposition to the landed interest. 1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. iv. 38 The cabinet was divided by two opposite interests. 1891 Leeds Mercury 27 Apr. 4/7 The banking interest in the City is known to be averse to the change. 1893 Daily News 28 Feb. 4/7 Mr. Gladstone..said that interests were always awake, while the country too often slumbered and slept. 5. Regard to one's own profit or advantage; selfish pursuit of one's own welfare; = self-interest n. ΘΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] proper exquisitionc1430 privatenessa1586 interest1622 self-concernment1644 self-interest1649 self-bias1657 self-concern1670 interess1678 self-reference1802 1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue ii. xx. 4 a Loue, interest, and feare, are those three ropes that halter Iustice. 1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 13 I love you without interest, without pretence, and without any other desire, then to see you. 1735 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. IV. 355 The more she was above interest, the more she abandoned herself to ambition. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 102 The coil That interest flings upon our hearts. 6. Influence due to personal connection; power of influencing the action of others; personal influence with (†in) a person or body of persons. to make interest, to bring personal influence to bear. ΘΠ society > authority > power > influence > [noun] powerc1300 authorityc1405 voice1433 swaya1510 gravity1534 force1582 bias1587 interest1600 prevalence1612 prevailance1631 pondus1638 prevailancya1649 prevailency1650 influence1652 prevalency1652 weight1710 prevailingness1757 holding1770 mojo1923 clout1958 muscle1965 society > authority > power > influence > have influence [verb (intransitive)] > exert influence labour1442 to make labour1603 influence1670 to make interest1709 to weigh in1909 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iii. ii. 219 Lorenzo and Salerio, welcome hether, if that the youth of my newe intrest heere haue power to bid you welcome. View more context for this quotation] 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 202 Those magistrates were mechanicke men, in whom feare hath a more interest, then the respect of a King. 1653 Act Govt. Commw. 45 Several persons of Interest and Fidelity in this Commonwealth. 1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens 365 Her interest with him is such, that she governs him absolutely. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation ii. 50 Early interest was made with Elizabeth for the continuance of the old religion. 1723 Duke of Wharton True Briton No. 56. ¶17 The Author made no Interest (as the Phrase goes) That is to say, was so Civil to..his Cotemporaries, as to suppose they were qualify'd to hear and see for themselves. 1761 D. Hume Hist. Eng. II. xxxvi. 293 To raise the people in the counties..where his interest lay. 7. a. The feeling of one who is concerned or has a personal concern in any thing; hence, the state of feeling proper to such a relation, or a particular form or instance of it; a feeling of concern for or curiosity about a person or thing. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > [noun] busyhead1340 inquisitiveness1583 curiosity1613 interest1771 femalism1779 interestedness1788 curiousness1794 explorativeness1841 wondering1847 wonder1853 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [noun] > feeling of interest resentment1641 interest1771 interestedness1788 1771 H. Mackenzie Man of Feeling xii. 8 There are certain interests which the world supposes every man to have. 1811 A. de Beauclerc Ora & Juliet IV. 115 No one ever appeared to take an interest about us. 1836 J. Grant Random Recoll. House of Lords xvi. 385 The issue of the debate is regarded by him with an interest of no ordinary intensity. 1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 325 He who can take no interest in what is small, will take false interest in what is great. 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. i. xi. 59 I should be glad..to see you take a little more interest in duties which..you may be called upon to discharge. 1879 J. Morley Burke x. 209 The contentiousness is not..rapid enough to hold the interest of a practical assembly. 1898 A. W. W. Dale Life R. W. Dale i. 8 He was a man with wide interests. b. transferred of things: Power of exciting this feeling, interesting character or quality. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > [noun] > quality of fascination1697 interestingness1759 strikingness1818 interest1821 engrossingness1848 mirch masala1980 1821 J. Mackintosh in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 230 The Confutation of Sir Robert Filmer..has long lost all interest. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 135 Questions of great interest. 1884 W. E. Gladstone Speech at Edinb. 30 Aug. There was one feature in that struggle..which gave it an interest—a finishing interest—if not a higher interest than any other. 1886 Manch. Examiner 3 Nov. 3/1 The Quarterly for October is exceptionally strong in literary interest, but the interest is not wholly of a pleasant kind. 1895 F. Hall Two Trifles iii A short article on a province of English philology which is, to me..one of interest. 8. The fact or quality of mattering or being of importance (as belonging to things); concernment, importance. ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [noun] mund?c1250 steemc1330 greatnessc1410 substancec1425 importance1485 weight1521 moment1522 weightiness1530 importancy1531 importunance1546 import1548 reckoning1582 sequel1588 ponderosity1589 valure1594 consequence1597 significance1597 circumstance1599 consequent1599 eminency1622 importmenta1625 concernment1626 consideration1634 telling1636 signification1645 considerableness1647 concerningness1657 nearness1679 significancy1679 respectability1769 interest1809 noteworthiness1852 portee1893 valency1897 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 35 The conscience..is already violated when to moral good or evil we oppose things possessing no moral interest. 1845 J. R. McCulloch Treat. Taxation iii. i. 401 However important, these, after all, are matters of subordinate interest. II. Senses related to medieval Latin interesse, as used by Matthew Paris a1259, and frequently from 13th cent. (see Du Cange), in the phrase damna et interesse, in French legal phraseology dommages et intérêts, the indemnity due to any one for the damage and prejudice done to him. Cf. Old French interest (1290 in Godef.) in sense ‘damage’, also recompense for damage done or caused, ‘damages’. In sense 10 French interest (now intérêt) occurs in Rabelais, 1535. †9. a. Injury, detriment. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun] burstc1000 harmOE scatheOE teenOE evil healc1175 waningc1175 hurt?c1225 quede?c1225 balec1275 damage1300 follyc1300 grill13.. ungain13.. torferc1325 eviltyc1330 wem1338 impairment1340 marring1357 unhend1377 sorrowc1380 pairingc1384 pairmentc1384 mischiefc1385 offencec1385 appairment1388 hindering1390 noyinga1398 bresta1400 envya1400 wemminga1400 gremec1400 wilc1400 blemishing1413 lesion?a1425 nocument?a1425 injuryc1430 mischieving1432 hindrance1436 detrimenta1440 ill1470 untroth1470 diversity1484 remordc1485 unhappinessc1485 grudge1491 wriguldy-wrag?1520 danger1530 dishort1535 perishment1540 wreaka1542 emperishment1545 impeachment1548 indemnity1556 impair1568 spoil1572 impeach1575 interestc1575 emblemishing1583 mishap1587 endamagement1593 blemishment1596 mischievance1600 damnificationa1631 oblesion1656 mishanter1754 vitiation1802 mar1876 jeel1887 the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > harm or injury > [noun] loathc900 teenOE ungrithlOE wemming1100 waningc1175 wrongc1275 prejudicec1300 derea1325 torferc1325 eviltyc1330 griefc1330 wem1338 injurec1374 truitc1390 noyinga1398 inconvenience14.. nocument?a1425 outraya1425 injuryc1430 mischieving1432 supprise1442 incommodityc1450 interess1489 grudge1491 tort1532 wreaka1542 impeachment1548 inconveniency1553 indemnity1556 interestc1575 abuse1595 mischievance1600 oblesion1656 grit1876 c1575 Balfour's Practicks (1754) 178 The awner..hes gude richt and just actioun aganis the with-halder of the saidis landis or gudis, for the damnage, skaith and interest quhilk he may sufficientlie prove that he sustenit throw the wanting of the proffeitis of the saidis landis or gudis. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xii. 303 How can this [be done]..without extreame interest and manifest derogation from his divine greatnes? b. Compensation for injury, ‘damages’. (French dommages et intérêts (see Littré, Intérêt 2^c), medieval Latin damna et interesse.) Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > compensation > [noun] > compensation for damage amends1340 damage1542 interestc1575 indemnity1793 reparation1918 a1259 M. Paris Chron. Majora 612 (Du Cange) Propter usuras, pœnas, & Interesse. 1274 in G. Holmes Rymer & Sanderson's Fœdera (1727) II. 34/1 Tam super principali, quam super custibus, dampnis, & interesse refundendis Domui nostræ.] 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes iii. xi. 191 He is holden as he was byfore to suche damages and Interesses that he hathe doon unto hym by wronge hande.] c1575 Balfour's Practicks (1754) 179 He sall be haldin to pay to the uther partie the foirsaid pane, as damnage and interest.1607 E. Grimeston tr. S. Goulart Admirable & Memorable Hist. 14 Untill the full payment of the fines, charges, damage and interest adjudged, as well to the King; as to the said parties. 10. a. Money paid for the use of money lent (the principal), or for forbearance of a debt, according to a fixed ratio (rate per cent.).Interest is paid at fixed intervals, usually once or twice in the year. simple interest is the interest paid on the principal as lent. compound (†compounded) interest (interest upon interest), is the interest eventually paid on a principal periodically increased by the addition of each fresh amount of interest as it becomes due and remains unpaid. Interest in this sense was formerly called usury, a name still applied when interest is charged at a rate beyond what is considered legitimate or just.In medieval Latin interesse (Interest) differed from usura (Usury) in that the latter was avowedly a charge for the use of money, which was forbidden by the Canon Law; whereas originally ‘interesse refers to the compensation which under the Roman Law, was due by the debtor who had made default. The measure of compensation was id quod interest, the difference between the creditor's position in consequence of the debtor's laches and the position which might reasonably have been anticipated as the direct consequence of the debtor's fulfilment of his obligation’. This compensation was always permissible when it could be shown that such loss had really arisen (damnum emergens). At a later period, lucrum cessans—loss of profit through inability to reinvest—was also recognized as giving a claim to interesse; both cases appear to be included in the formula damna et interesse. The interesse was originally a fixed sum specified in the contract; but a percentage reckoned periodically, so as to correspond to the creditor's loss, was afterwards substituted (as sometimes in England in the first half of the 13th cent.). Interest in the modern sense was first sanctioned by law (though apparently under cover of the medieval theory) by 37 Hen. VIII, c. 9 (see quot. 1545); this statute was repealed in 1552, but re-enacted in 1571. (See W. J. Ashley Engl. Econ. Hist. Middle Ages II. 397, 466, and I. S. Leadam in Dict. Pol. Econ., 1896, II. 429.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > moneylending at interest > interest gavela700 usure1338 usuryc1450 interess1529 interest1545 fenory1572 usance1584 use1595 advantage1600 excess1600 interest-money1618 premium1669 service1817 usage1822 vigorish1935 society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > profit > [noun] > return from capital or investment > interest interest1545 advantage1600 use-money1605 rente1825 1529 King Henry VIII Instr. Orator Rome (MS. Cott. Vit. B. xi. lf. 74 b) Which money..shalbe truely repayde with interesse.] 1545 Act 37 Hen. VIII c. 9 §3 Be it also enacted..that no person or persons..by way or meane of any corrupte bargayne, loone, eschaunge, chevisaunce, shifte, interest of any wares..accepte or take, in lucre or gaynes, for the forbearinge or givinge daye of payment of one hole yere of and for his or their money..above the sume of tenne poundes in the hundred.1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions i. v. 71 It was not thought to bee Justice, that the man o warre..should for an enterest of lone, bee throwen into prisone.1574 J. Baret Aluearie I 172 To borow money vpon interest to pay my debt.1577 in Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs (1870) I. 50 Ane hundreth and aucht merkis to pay for one ȝeris interest thairof, according to the raitt of tuelf for the hundreth.1586 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. I. 527 Interest, or profite of monie, when as it hath beene alwaies vnpleasant in the sight of God, who forbiddeth all kinde of vsurie whatsoeuer it be.1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques 52 Men haue now inuented interest in steed of vsury.1615 R. Norton New Additions in Records Arithmeticke: Ground of Arts (rev. ed.) 578 Interest is the summe reckoned for the lending or forbearance of the Principal for any termes or time... Interest simple, is that which is counted from the Principal only... Interest compound is that which is counted for the Principall, together with the Arrirage.a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) i. iii. 27 Built with other mens moneys Took up at Interest.1660 T. Willsford Scales Commerce & Trade 59 Decimall Tables of compounded Interest.1767 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (new ed.) II. xxx. 454 When money is lent on a contract to receive..an increase by way of compensation for the use; which is generally called interest by those who think it lawful, and usury by those who do not so.1806 C. Hutton Course Math. (ed. 5) I. 127 Compound interest, called also Interest upon Interest, is that which arises from the principal and interest, taken together, as it becomes due.1878 W. S. Jevons Polit. Econ. vi. 52 When the rate is above five or six per cent., it will be to some extent not true interest, but compensation for the risk of losing the capital altogether.1879 J. T. Rogers in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 14/1 Interest is the reward which a man obtains for allowing another to use his property.1881 Bible (R.V.) Matt. xxv. 27 At my coming I should have received back mine own with interest [1611 usury]. b. figurative esp. in with interest, with increase or augmentation. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > increasing in quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > with increase with interest1589 1589 ‘Pasquill of England’ Returne of Pasquill sig. Biij When I lacke matter to talke of, I may resort hether [to the Exchange] to take vp a little newes at interest. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 iv. iii. 51 You shall haue your desires with interest . View more context for this quotation 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. ii. sig. C2^v I doe returne your wish With ample interest of beatitude. 1720 D. Defoe Mem. Cavalier 138 He paid the Imperialists with Interest. 1849 W. Irving Oliver Goldsmith (rev. ed.) xxvii. 324 The latter..returned the blows with interest. 1890 Spectator 24 May 715/1 They never seem to have put out their ideas to interest, but kept them wrapped up in napkins till they forgot their existence. Compounds C1. attributive and in other combinations, as (sense 4) interest-bound adj.; (sense 7) interest-awaking, interest-compelling adjs.; (sense 10) interest-bearing, interest charge, interest-equalization, interest policy, interest-rate; interest-free adj. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > getting or making money > [adjective] > profitable > relating to interest three per cent1753 interest-bearing1894 annualized1906 coupon1949 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > moneylending at interest > interest > rate of interest prime rate1815 usage1822 mortgage rate1898 savings rate1904 saving rate1905 discount rate1913 base lending rate1933 prime lending rate1951 interest-rate1959 base rate1970 minimum lending rate1972 MLR1972 prime1973 bank rate1974 LIBOR1974 subprime1976 Euribor1997 1818 J. Bentham Church-of-Englandism p. xviii The seductive influence of sinister interest, and interest-begotten prejudice. 1848 J. Arnould Law Marine Insurance I. i. ii. 17 An interest policy is one which shows by its form that the assured has a real, substantial interest in the thing insured. 1894 W. T. Stead in Westm. Gaz. 7 May 2/1 The watchword of the Coxeyite agitation is ‘Death to the interest-bearing bond!’ 1901 Daily Chron. 18 Nov. 6/3 The ‘great retrograde, tyrannical, interest-bound party’. 1902 Daily Chron. 17 July 6/4 Its interest-awaking value. 1902 Daily Chron. 6 Aug. 3/2 As interest-compelling..as the amour of a mediæval queen. 1936 L. Wirth & E. A. Shils tr. K. Mannheim Ideol. & Utopia iii. i. 136 The hitherto constantly emphasized interest-bound nature of political thought. 1943 E. Blunden Return to Husbandry iii. 18 This demands ample credit of an interest-free nature. 1957 M. Swan Brit. Guiana iv. 78 Houses which had been built with interest-free loans or with other forms of estate assistance. 1959 E. Pound Thrones xcviii. 42 Byzance lasted longer than Manchu because of an (%) interest-rate. 1963 Daily Tel. 2 Oct. 23/8 The interest-equalisation tax to raise the cost of foreign borrowing in New York. 1966 Times 28 Feb. (Canada Suppl.) p. vii/5 The United States's interest-equalization tax of 15 per cent, to be paid by any United States resident buying foreign stocks. 1972 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 6 May 38/3 The company store charged exorbitant prices, but extended interest-free credit. 1974 Times 18 Feb. 14/5 It may..be difficult with such a budget deficit to prevent interest rates from rising. C2. interest group n. a group of individuals possessing a common identifying interest. ΘΠ society > society and the community > [noun] > social group > having identifying interest group1894 interest group1908 1908 A. F. Bentley Process of Govt. xii. 300 The deeper-lying interest groups of society. 1962 Economist 25 Aug. 685/2 The authors see signs of change..in the growth of interest-group organisations. 1964 R. Wilkinson Gentlemanly Power iv. 48 The parliamentary Conservative party has come to represent different interest-groups, farmers..manufacturers, small professional men..stockbrokers, shopkeepers and elderly widows. interest-money n. = sense 10. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > financial dealings > moneylending > [noun] > moneylending at interest > interest gavela700 usure1338 usuryc1450 interess1529 interest1545 fenory1572 usance1584 use1595 advantage1600 excess1600 interest-money1618 premium1669 service1817 usage1822 vigorish1935 1618 P. Holderus tr. J. van Oldenbarneveld Barneuel's Apol. sig. Ciij^v The interest-money came to that height, that the State of the whole seemed desperate. 1673 F. Kirkman Unlucky Citizen 212 He were better to pay interest money. 1895 Outing 26 343/2 Johann received the interest money gruffly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). interestv. Brit. /ˈɪntrᵻst/, /ˈɪnt(ə)rɛst/, U.S. /ˈɪnt(ə)rəst/ Etymology: An alteration of the earlier interess v., after interest n.(It has been suggested that the change might be partly due to confusion with interes-t = interesse-ed past tense of interess n.; compare hoise, hoist, graff, graft, infeoff, infeft.) 1. transitive. To invest (a person) with a share in or title to something, esp. a spiritual privilege. Const. in (†to, into, unto). ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > be or cause to be spiritual [verb (transitive)] > invest with share in spiritual privilege signc1350 interest1610 1610 J. Donne Pseudo-martyr v. 153 Sufficient cause to intitle and interest a man in the Crowne of Martyrdome. 1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket ii. 56 Depriuing them of some comfort or right, which the inuiolable Law of God, hath interrested them to. ?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xv. 326 Aurora ravish'd him..And interested him amongst the Gods. a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) i. xx. 203 Let us strive to interest ourselves into Gods blessing on the godly. a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) i. xxi. 264 Benefits..to him that interests himselfe to them by getting into Christ. 1834 J. Brown Lett. Sanctification I. 220 The interesting a sinner in the atoning sacrifice of the Redeemer, takes away the irritating power of the divine law. a1864 J. D. Burns Mem. & Rem. (1879) 338 By faith we become interested in the propitiation. 2. To cause (a person) to have an objective interest or concern in the progress or fate of a matter; to involve; chiefly in passive to be interested. ΘΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relate to [verb (transitive)] > involve, concern, or bring into relation interess1570 interest1608 concern1676 involve1944 1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 2^v When they think he is not interested in the cause, or induced by any priuate obligation. 1620 N. Brent tr. P. Sarpi Hist. Councel of Trent vi. 482 All was concluded..without interesting the Popes authoritie. 1656 R. Baxter Reformed Pastor iv. 74 They will..interest piety itself with their faults. 1727 N. Lardner Wks. (1838) I. 157 Pilate finding they interested their religion in this cause, and that they were resolute in it, became afraid he must..submit to them. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxviii. 79 The emperor himself was interested not to deface the splendour of his own cities. 1886 Law Rep.: Chancery Div. 32 48 The landlord..is interested in seeing that the liquidators discharge their duty properly. 3. Of a thing: To concern; to affect; to relate to. rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relate to [verb (transitive)] > concern or refer to beholda1067 atrinea1250 toucha1325 concernc1400 refera1538 to have respect to (formerly also unto)1542 respect1543 import?1560 regard1605 cerna1616 interest1638 1638 K. Digby in G. Digby & K. Digby Lett. conc. Relig. (1651) 9 Their private opinions..doe not interest our beliefs. 1803 T. R. Malthus Ess. Princ. Population (new ed.) iv. xii. 601 The subject..interests the question of human happiness so nearly. 1813 R. Wilson Private Diary II. 161 The news of the morning principally interested the Crown Prince. 1864 Scotsman 10 Dec. It is matter for deep regret that..the case..has so little interested those whom it most interests. 4. To cause (any one) to take a personal interest, share, or part in (a scheme, business, etc.); to induce to participate in; to engage in. reflexive. To take active part in. ΘΠ the mind > will > motivation > motivate [verb (transitive)] > incite or instigate > get to take part in to draw in?1558 interess1623 interest1630 society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > associate with [verb (reflexive)] > participate interest1630 1630 J. Smith True Trav. 49 After his returne for England, he endeavoured by his best abilities to interest his Countrey and state in those faire Regions. 1647 O. Cromwell Let. 10 June in Writings & Speeches (1937) (modernized text) I. 459 They seek to interest in their design the city of London. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 2 Their first interesting themselves in this undertaking. a1719 J. Addison Dialogues Medals in Wks. (1721) I. ii. 453 This was a Goddess who used to interest her self in marriages. 1900 N.E.D. at Interest Mod., I do not feel called upon to interest myself in his behalf. 5. To affect with a feeling of concern; to stimulate to sympathetic feeling; to excite the curiosity or attention of. (Probably a back-formation from interested adj. 3.) ΘΠ the mind > attention and judgement > feel curious about [verb (transitive)] > excite curiosity interest1780 intrigue1894 the mind > attention and judgement > attention > attracting attention > engage the attention [verb (transitive)] exercisea1538 entertainc1540 replenish1548 rouse1583 catcha1586 amuse1586 detainc1595 attract1599 grope1602 concerna1616 take1634 stay1639 engage1642 meet1645 nudge1675 strike1697 hitcha1764 seize1772 interest1780 acuminate1806 arrest1835 grip1891 intrigue1894 grab1966 work1969 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. vi. 348 They did not appear to be at all interested about us.] 1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xviii. §57 By what other means should an object engage or fix a man's attention, unless by interesting him? 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest II. ix. 43 She had been..too much interested by the events of the moment. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. iv. viii. 68 Something in his appearance..interested my attention. 1867 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighbourhood I. i. 10 I wanted to interest myself in it. 1868 C. Dickens Let. 12 Jan. (2002) XII. 10 Your account of the first night interested me immensely. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1450v.1608
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