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 |
community service | an unpaid service for the benefit of the public that is performed by lawbreakers as part (or all) of their sentence |
community service public service | a service that is performed for the benefit of the public or its institutions |
community center civic center | a center where the members of a community can gather for social or cultural activities |
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 |
community biotic community | (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other |
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 |
Jemaah Islamiyah JI Islamic Group Islamic Community Malaysian Mujahidin Group Malaysia Militant Group | a clandestine group of southeast Asian terrorists organized in and trained by al-Qaeda, supports militant Muslims in Indonesia and the Philippines and has cells in Singapore and Malaysia and Indonesia |
community chest | a charity supported by individual subscriptions, defrays the demands on a community for social welfare |
legal profession bar legal community | the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction, he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey |
medical profession medical community | the body of individuals who are qualified to practice medicine |
businessmen business community | the body of individuals who manage businesses |
community of scholars | the body of individuals holding advanced academic degrees |
European Union EU European Community EC European Economic Community EEC Common Market Europe | an international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members, he tried to take Britain into the Europen Union |
community | a group of people living in a particular local area, the team is drawn from all parts of the community |
community | a group of nations having common interests, they hoped to join the NATO community |
speech community | people sharing a given language or dialect |
community college | a nonresidential junior college offering a curriculum fitted to the needs of the community |
Intelligence Community National Intelligence Community United States Intelligence Community IC | a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government, headed by the Director of Central Intelligence |
residential district residential area community | a district where people live, occupied primarily by private residences |
planned community | a residential district that is planned for a certain class of residents |
retirement community retirement complex | a planned community for residents who have retired from an active working life |
bedroom community | a community where many commuters live |
community | common ownership, they shared a community of possessions |
community property | property and income belonging jointly to a married couple |
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 |
community community of interests | agreement as to goals, the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests |
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 |