“I heard Jeffrey was interested in supporting science and I contacted him,” Krauss said.
Monir is not interested in classic dances like tango or ballet.
“Although major presses covered below news since last night, not many people is interested in their threat,” wrote Hwang.
None of us were interested in making a film about a speech, a statue, or all that good stuff; it was about getting underneath it.
She was so great and it made everything click for me, because I was also interested in journalism.
Your observations have interested me deeply; they shall have my most high attention.
The Phoenicians who were not interested in piety succeeded where the others had failed.
But Charles Merchant was only interested in what the fellow had said and done when he talked with her.
"Here's something you might be interested to know," said Scottie.
Of course, the interested reader should read all three biographies.
"motivated by self-interest," 1705; "having an interest or stake (in something);" from past participle of interest (v.).
"to cause to be interested," c.1600, earlier interesse (1560s), from the noun (see interest (n.)). Perhaps also from or influenced by interess'd, past participle of interesse.
mid-15c., "legal claim or right; concern; benefit, advantage;" earlier interesse (late 14c.), from Anglo-French interesse "what one has a legal concern in," from Medieval Latin interesse "compensation for loss," noun use of Latin interresse "to concern, make a difference, be of importance," literally "to be between," from inter- "between" (see inter-) + esse "to be" (see essence).
Cf. German Interesse, from the same Medieval Latin source. Form in English influenced 15c. by French interest "damage," from Latin interest "it is of importance, it makes a difference," third person singular present of interresse. Financial sense of "money paid for the use of money lent" (1520s) earlier was distinguished from usury (illegal under Church law) by being in reference to "compensation due from a defaulting debtor." Meaning "curiosity" is first attested 1771. Interest group is attested from 1907; interest rate by 1868.
The charge for borrowing money or the return for lending it.