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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with interest

In low-income countries, the situation is even more dire, with interest payments taking an average of 15 percent of tax revenues.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The propositions granted the state authority to issue a combined $8.5 billion in general obligation bonds — a loan that’s repaid with interest over time.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

Dame Vera Baird said: "We will be looking at the report with interest to assess whether it has any bearing on our review of the case."

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

“Buying negative-beta stocks helps a long term oriented portfolio ‘ride out’ volatility events, with interest rate, geopolitical and midterm election uncertainty the catalysts for another such event as September gets underway,” the analysts said.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

“Did he tell you,” asked the King with interest, “that it was wrong to kill people for any reason, and especially when you were looking for the Grail?”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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