interest
[ɪntrɪst]

noun

[Definition]: curious about; a charge of the borrowed or saved money

[Example Sentences]:
1. The current set of benchmark interest rates has been in effect since July 2012.
2. The total of the damages award plus interest comes to nearly $144,000.
3. Elastic is a line of credit with an average interest rate of 91%.
4. The UK interest rate fell to 0.5% in the wake of the worldwide financial crisis in 2008.
5. With additional interest, Uber was ordered to pay $4,152.
6. Milner said his interest stems from the years he worked as a theoretical physicist in the 1980s.
7. Loan interest rates for borrowers run from 3.4% to 7.9%.
8. Lone Star collected interest income of more than $970 million at the end of 2014.
9. These are the things that interest me and interest people on my team.
10. Many of them called and showed interest when we started this pool.
11. One problem is that the government would likely have to pay higher interest on new debt.
12. The real question for the economy this year is not just about interest rates.


[Antonyms]disadvantage, loss, inattention

[Synonyms]advantage, benefit, profit