By-interest (n.) Self-interest |
Charge (v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden |
Charge (v. t.) To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust |
Charge (v. t.) To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for. |
Charge (v. t.) To fix or demand as a price |
Charge (v. t.) To place something to the account of as a debt |
Charge (v. t.) To impute or ascribe |
Charge (v. t.) To accuse |
Charge (v. t.) To place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold or bear |
Charge (v. t.) To ornament with or cause to bear |
Charge (v. t.) To assume as a bearing |
Charge (v. t.) To call to account |
Charge (v. t.) To bear down upon |
Charge (v. i.) To make an onset or rush |
Charge (v. i.) To demand a price |
Charge (v. i.) To debit on an account |
Charge (v. i.) To squat on its belly and be still |
Charge (v. t.) A load or burder laid upon a person or thing. |
Charge (v. t.) A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another |
Charge (v. t.) Custody or care of any person, thing, or place |
Charge (v. t.) Heed |
Charge (v. t.) Harm. |
Charge (v. t.) An order |
Charge (v. t.) An address (esp. an earnest or impressive address) containing instruction or exhortation |
Charge (v. t.) An accusation of a wrong of offense |
Charge (v. t.) Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc. |
Charge (v. t.) The price demanded for a thing or service. |
Charge (v. t.) An entry or a account of that which is due from one party to another |
Charge (v. t.) That quantity, as of ammunition, electricity, ore, fuel, etc., which any apparatus, as a gun, battery, furnace, machine, etc., is intended to receive and fitted to hold, or which is actually in it at one time |
Charge (v. t.) The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy |
Charge (v. t.) A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack |
Charge (v. t.) A soft of plaster or ointment. |
Charge (v. t.) A bearing. See Bearing, n., 8. |
Charge (n.) Thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds |
Charge (n.) Weight |
Charge d'affaires (n.) A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another |
Double-charge (v. t.) To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder. |
Double-charge (v. t.) To overcharge. |
Interest (n.) To engage the attention of |
Interest (n.) To be concerned with or engaged in |
Interest (n.) To cause or permit to share. |
Interest (n.) Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object |
Interest (n.) Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility |
Interest (n.) Advantage, personal or general |
Interest (n.) Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage |
Interest (n.) Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered. |
Interest (n.) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively |
Self-interest (n.) Private interest |
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 |
mission charge commission | a special assignment that is given to a person or group, a confidential mission to London, his charge was deliver a message |
care charge tutelage guardianship | attention and management implying responsibility for safety, he is in the care of a bodyguard |
charge | an impetuous rush toward someone or something, the wrestler's charge carried him past his adversary, the battle began with a cavalry charge |
banzai attack banzai charge | a mass attack of troops without concern for casualties, originated by Japanese who accompanied it with yells of `banzai' |
charge burster bursting charge explosive charge | a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time, this cartridge has a powder charge ofgrains |
charge bearing heraldic bearing armorial bearing | heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield |
charge-exchange accelerator | an accelerator in which high-energy ions escape from plasma following charge exchange |
depth charge depth bomb | a bomb that explodes at a preset depth under water, antisubmarine device |
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 |
conservation of charge conservation of electricity | the principle that the total electric charge of a system remains constant despite changes inside the system |
blotter day book police blotter rap sheet charge sheet | the daily written record of events (as arrests) in a police station |
charge complaint | (criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense, he was arrested on a charge of larceny |
accusation charge | an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence, the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving |
commission charge direction | a formal statement of a command or injunction to do something, the judge's charge to the jury |
charge billing | request for payment of a debt, they submitted their charges at the end of each month |
murder charge murder indictment | an indictment charging someone with murder |
bang boot charge rush flush thrill kick | the swift release of a store of affective force, they got a great bang out of it, what a boot!, he got a quick rush from injecting heroin, he does it for kicks |
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 |
cathexis charge | (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object, Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge |
charge | a person committed to your care, the teacher led her charges across the street |
charge d'affaires | the official temporarily in charge of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador |
charge of quarters | an enlisted man who handles his unit's administrative matters after hours |
charge electric charge | the quantity of unbalanced electricity in a body (either positive or negative) and construed as an excess or deficiency of electrons, the battery needed a fresh charge |
electrostatic charge | the electric charge at rest on the surface of an insulated body (which establishes and adjacent electrostatic field) |
positive charge | having a deficiency of electrons, having a higher electric potential |
negative charge | having a surplus of electrons, having a lower electric potential |
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 |
handling cost handling charge | the cost of handling (especially the cost of packaging and mailing an order) |
carrying cost carrying charge | the opportunity cost of unproductive assets, the expense incurred by ownership |
charge | the price charged for some article or service, the admission charge |
carrying charge | charge made for carrying an account or for merchandise sold on an installment plan |
depreciation charge | an amount periodically charged to expense or against revenue in compensation for depreciation of property |
fixed charge fixed cost fixed costs | a periodic charge that does not vary with business volume (as insurance or rent or mortgage payments etc.) |
cover charge cover | a fixed charge by a restaurant or nightclub over and above the charge for food and drink |
interest | a fixed charge for borrowing money, usually a percentage of the amount borrowed, how much interest do you pay on your mortgage? |