Split-up and Interest
noun
- A sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something.
- usage: "an interest in music"
- synonyms: involvement
- A reason for wanting something done.
- usage: "for your sake"; "died for the sake of his country"; "in the interest of safety"; "in the common interest"
- synonyms: sake
- The power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.. )
- usage: "they said nothing of great interest"; "primary colors can add interest to a room"
- synonyms: interestingness
- A fixed charge for borrowing money; usually a percentage of the amount borrowed.
- usage: "how much interest do you pay on your mortgage"
- Law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something. (
- usage: "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future"
- synonyms: stake
- Usually plural. ( a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims)
- usage: "the iron interests stepped up production"
- synonyms: interest group
- A diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly. )
- usage: "sailing is her favorite pastime"; "his main pastime is gambling"; "he counts reading among his interests"; "they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits"
verb
- (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.
- (n.) Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.
- (n.) Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.
- (n.) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally.
- (n.) To cause or permit to share.
- (n.) Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern.
- (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.
- (n.) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest.
- (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.
1. A monetary benefit paid by a borrower for the right to use a lender's or a deposit. R's funds. Usually, the' interest' is paid periodically over the life of the loan, deposit, or security. However, some interest-bearing instruments, such as savings accounts, do not have defined maturities. Under the terms of some instruments, interest is not paid periodically over the life of the instrument but instead is paid solely at the end of the loan/deposit/security term. 2. A right to enjoy some benefits of ownership of property. For example, the rights that a debtor or a court grants to a secured party in the assets owned by the debtor. Or, for example, the rights that a lessee is granted in the lease of property owned by a lessor.