interest

the cost of borrowing money.

"the interest on the national debt alone is abhorrent."

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interest

That quantity of consumer appreciation that marketers, advertisers, politicians, and occaisionally teachers try and maintain in their audiences in order to focus nebulous collective attention.

'i maintained their interest in the solar powered nuclear fallout suit by showing them pictures of fried chicken'

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interest

Something time is spent in.

The word that needs to be added to the Category selection at the 'Add a Word' screen.

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interested

when the feeling of motivation or enthusiasm for something is strong enough that a person is fully prepared to spend a considerable portion of his or her available assets (i.e. money, time) on it

All Jack is interested in is getting laid. So much of his spending money goes towards taking women out for dinner and drinks.

Dennis was so interested in climate change that he liquidated his 401k to spend three months doing research in the Arctic.

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interesting

(adj) Something which arouses no interest at all.

Used to politely avoid admitting this, which indirectly expresses your indifference.

Yes, your bottle cap collection is interesting.

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Interesting

A term used by the YouTube comedy duo Twosetviolin and their fan base to refer to anything music related that is unconventional in a bad way, but does not quite merit the title of Sacrilegious . The term originated with a video where Twoset reacted to the performance of a prodigy who improvised a piano sonata.

The show I saw last week was Interesting!

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Interested

Would like to get to know someone more.

E.g. I am interested in you.

I am interested in getting to know you.
What guys say when they aren't sure about you yet.

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