Interest (disambiguation) — Interest is any fee paid on borrowed capital. It may also refer to: * Interest (emotion), the emotion prompting attention or curiosity **Relating to this, any hobby or other form of recreation * National interest or raison d état , the operant… … Wikipedia
interest — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 desire to learn/hear more about sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ avid, close, considerable, consuming, deep, great, intense, keen, lively … Collocations dictionary
interest — /in teuhr ist, trist/, n. 1. the feeling of a person whose attention, concern, or curiosity is particularly engaged by something: She has a great interest in the poetry of Donne. 2. something that concerns, involves, draws the attention of, or… … Universalium
interest group — noun (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims the iron interests stepped up production • Syn: ↑interest • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑socia … Useful english dictionary
conflicting — adj. Conflicting is used with these nouns: ↑advice, ↑belief, ↑claim, ↑demand, ↑desire, ↑emotion, ↑evidence, ↑finding, ↑force, ↑impulse, ↑information, ↑in … Collocations dictionary
interest balancing — finding a balance between various desires, finding equilibrium among conflicting interests … English contemporary dictionary
Conflict of interest — For other uses, see Conflict of Interest (disambiguation). A conflict of interest (COI) occurs when an individual or organization is involved in multiple interests, one of which could possibly corrupt the motivation for an act in the other. A… … Wikipedia
Ethnic interest groups in the United States — are ethnic interest groups within the United States which seek to influence the foreign policy and, to a lesser extent, the domestic policy of the United States for the benefit of the foreign ethnic kin or homeland with whom the respective ethnic … Wikipedia
Boulting v. Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians — [1963] 2 Q.B. 606 is a UK labour law and UK company law case from the Court of Appeal. It covers the issue of what it means to act in the best interests of the company, relevant under s.172 of the Companies Act 2006.FactsTwo managing directors of … Wikipedia
Business judgment rule — The business judgment rule is an American case law derived concept in Corporations law whereby the directors of a corporation . . . are clothed with [the] presumption, which the law accords to them, of being [motivated] in their conduct by a bona … Wikipedia