Interest

in′tėr-est, n. advantage: premium paid for the use of money (in Compound interest , the interest of each period is added to its principal, and the amount forms a new principal for the next period): any increase: concern: special attention: influence over others: share: participation.— n. ( Spens. ) In′tere , interest, concern.— v.t. to concern deeply.— Equitable interest , such interest as is protected by courts of equity, although it might not be at common law; Landed interest (see Landed ); Vested interest , an interest thoroughly secure and inalienable, except for public use and upon compensation.— Make interest for , to secure interest on behalf of. [O. Fr. interest (Fr. intérêt )—L. interest , it is profitable, it concerns— inter , between, e e , to be.]