private treaty | a sale of property at a price agreed on by the seller and buyer without an intervening agency |
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 |
private practice | the practice of a profession independently and not as an employee, he teaches at the medical school but his fortune came from private practice, lawyers in private practice are in business and must make a profit to survive |
driveway drive private road | a road leading up to a private house, they parked in the driveway |
private line | a telephone line serving a single subscriber |
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 |
genitalia genital organ genitals private parts privates crotch | external sex organ |
interest involvement | a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something, an interest in music |
private nuisance | a nuisance that interferes with your interest in and private use and enjoyment of your land |
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 |
security force private security force | a privately employed group hired to protect the security of a business or industry |
market economy free enterprise private enterprise laissez-faire economy | an economy that relies chiefly on market forces to allocate goods and resources and to determine prices |
closed corporation close corporation private corporation privately held corporation | a corporation owned by a few people, shares have no public market |
private foundation | a charity that does not receive a major part of its support from the public |
private school | a school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuition |
coach private instructor tutor | a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.) |
private citizen | a citizen who does not hold any official or public position |
private buck private common soldier | an enlisted man of the lowest rank in the Army or Marines, our prisoner was just a private and knew nothing of value |
private detective PI private eye private investigator operative shamus sherlock | someone who can be employed as a detective to collect information |
personal property personal estate personalty private property | movable property (as distinguished from real estate) |
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 |
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! |
competitive free-enterprise(a) private-enterprise(a) | subscribing to capitalistic competition |
secret private | not expressed, secret (or private) thoughts |
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 |
individual(a) private | concerning one person exclusively, we all have individual cars, each room has a private bath |
private | concerning things deeply private and personal, private correspondence, private family matters |