with interest

Idioms  

1. With more than what one should receive, extra, and then some. For example, Mary borrowed Jane's new dress without asking, but Jane paid her back with interest—she drove off in Mary's car. This idiom alludes to interest in the financial sense. Its figurative use dates from the late 1500s.

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Example Sentences

But after giving a talk at the Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh in 2023 about diversity in agriculture, he was "inundated" with interest about setting up something in Scotland.

From BBC

Knowing they needed bullpen help, however, the Dodgers decided to reach out with interest anyway.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m looking for somebody that will be honest with interest rates,” he said on Wednesday ahead of his first formal interview with a candidate to succeed Powell, whose term ends in May.

From The Wall Street Journal

Locking in stable income isn’t easy—especially with interest rates slowly coming down.

From Barron's

With Cardiff likely to be the first Welsh authority to introduce a visitor levy, accommodation providers and other council areas will be watching its progress with interest.

From BBC