Interest (disambiguation)
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Interest commonly refers to:
- Interest, a fee paid on borrowed capital.
- Interest (emotion), the emotion prompting attention or curiosity
- Relating to this, any hobby or other form of recreation or preference (in Social networks context) labeled "interest" - because a person feels an emotion of interest towards them, see also Job, or occupation, is a person's role in society.
It might also refer to:
Social
- Vested interest (communication theory) a communication theory, that seeks to explain how influences affect behavior
- Self-interest, the ambitions of an individual
- Romantically, individuals may be "interested" in others with sexual interest
Economic
- Conflict of interest, the conflicting obligations of two or more parties in a dispute or trade
- Returns (economics), the gain from the use of real capital, such as money earned on a loan or savings account
- Government interest, the rationale of a government in enacting a law or regulation
- National interest or raison d'état, the operant doctrines and ambitions of a state