pastime interest pursuit | a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly), sailing is her favorite pastime, his main pastime is gambling, he counts reading among his interests, they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits |
broken arch | an arch with a gap at the apex, the gap is usually filled with some decoration |
egoism egocentrism self-interest selfoncern selfenteredness | concern for your own interests and welfare |
opportunism self-interest self-seeking expedience | taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others |
sake interest | a reason for wanting something done, for your sake, died for the sake of his country, in the interest of safety, in the common interest |
interest interestingness | the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.), they said nothing of great interest, primary colors can add interest to a room |
interest involvement | a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something, an interest in music |
broken heart | devastating sorrow and despair, he is recovering from a broken heart, a broken heart languishes here |
interest interest group | (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims, the iron interests stepped up production |
special interest | an individual or group who are concerned with some particular part of the economy and who try to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor |
vested interest | groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit |
broken home | a family in which the parents have separated or divorced |
EBITDA Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization | income before interest and taxes and depreciation and amortization have been subtracted, an indicator of a company's profitability that is watched by investors (especially in leveraged buyouts) |
interest expense | interest paid on loans |
interest stake | (law) a right or legal share of something, a financial involvement with something, they have interests all over the world, a stake in the company's future |
controlling interest | ownership of more than % of a corporation's voting shares |
insurable interest | an interest in a person or thing that will support the issuance of an insurance policy, an interest in the survival of the insured or in the preservation of the thing that is insured |
vested interest | (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another |
security interest | any interest in a property that secures the payment of an obligation |
terminable interest | an interest in property that terminates under specific conditions |
undivided interest undivided right | the interest in property owned by tenants whereby each tenant has an equal right to enjoy the entire property |
interest | a fixed charge for borrowing money, usually a percentage of the amount borrowed, how much interest do you pay on your mortgage? |
compound interest | interest calculated on both the principal and the accrued interest |
simple interest | interest paid on the principal alone |
interest rate rate of interest | the percentage of a sum of money charged for its use |
prime interest rate | the interest rate on short-term loans that banks charge their commercial customers with high credit ratings |
pooling of interest | an accounting method used in the merging of companies, the balance sheets are added together item by item, this method is tax-free |
conflict of interest | a situation in which a public official's decisions are influenced by the official's personal interests |
heaves broken wind | a chronic emphysema of the horse that causes difficult expiration and heaving of the flanks |
interest | excite the curiosity of, engage the interest of |
concern interest occupy worry | be on the mind of, I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift |
matter to interest | be of importance or consequence, This matters to me! |
broken | physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split, a broken mirror, a broken tooth, a broken leg, his neck is broken |
broken unkept | (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded, broken (or unkept) promises, broken contracts |
broken | not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly, broken lines of defense, a broken cable transmission, broken sleep, tear off the stub above the broken line, a broken note, broken sobs |
broken-field | varying in direction suddenly and frequently, broken-field running |
broken | lacking a part or parts, a broken set of encyclopedia |
broken-backed hogged | (of a ship) so weakened as to sag at each end |
broken | discontinuous, broken clouds, broken sunshine |
bedraggled broken-down derelict dilapidated ramshackle tatterdemalion tumble-down | in deplorable condition, a street of bedraggled tenements, a broken-down fence, a ramshackle old pier, a tumble-down shack |
broken busted | out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken'), a broken washing machine, the coke machine is broken, the coke machine is busted |
broken-backed | having the spine damaged, a broken-backed book, a broken-backed old horse |
broken wiped out(p) impoverished | destroyed financially, the broken fortunes of the family |
broken-backed | (of a horse) having bones of the back united by a bony growth |
low-interest | (used of loans) charging a relatively small percentage of the amount borrowed |
high-interest | (used of loans) charging a relatively large percentage of the amount borrowed |
broken | weakened and infirm, broken health resulting from alcoholism |
broken confused disordered upset | thrown into a state of disarray or confusion, troops fleeing in broken ranks, a confused mass of papers on the desk, the small disordered room, with everything so upset |
broken | imperfectly spoken or written, broken English |
broken crushed humbled humiliated low | subdued or brought low in condition or status, brought low, a broken man, his broken spirit |