interest

['intrəst, ](American[) 'intərist] 1. noun

1) (curiosity; attention: That newspaper story is bound to arouse interest.) zanimanje

2) (a matter, activity etc that is of special concern to one: Gardening is one of my main interests.) zanimanje

3) (money paid in return for borrowing a usually large sum of money: The (rate of) interest on this loan is eight per cent; (also adjective) the interest rate.) obresti; obresten

4) ((a share in the ownership of) a business firm etc: He bought an interest in the night-club.) delež

5) (a group of connected businesses which act together to their own advantage: I suspect that the scheme will be opposed by the banking interest (= all the banks acting together).) interesi

2. verb

1) (to arouse the curiosity and attention of; to be of importance or concern to: Political arguments don't interest me at all.) zanimati

2) ((with in) to persuade to do, buy etc: Can I interest you in (buying) this dictionary?) zbuditi zanimanje

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- interested

- interesting
- interestingly
- in one's own interest
- in one's interest
- in the interests of
- in the interest of
- lose interest
- take an interest

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I [íntrist]

noun

interes, zanimanje (in za); udeležba; važnost, pomen; economy udeležba, delež, pravica do deleža (in); economy (samo singular) obresti; vpliv (with na), oblast (with nad); prid, korist, dobiček; juridically pravica, zahteva (in)

interest account — obrestni račun

simple interest — navadne obresti

compound interest — obrestne obresti

interest charged — franko obresti

interest due — zamudne obresti

ex interest, free of interest — brez obresti

interest from ( —ali on) capital — obresti od kapitala

and ( —ali plus) interest — z obrestmi

to charge interest — zaračunati obresti

interest on debit balances — debetne obresti

interest rate — obrestna mera

interest pro and contra — obresti na dolg in imetje

to bear ( —ali carry, pay, yield) interest — obrestovati se

to lend out money at interest — posojati denar z obrestmi

figuratively to return s.th. with interest — vrniti kaj z obrestmi

controlling interest — odločilna udeležba kapitala

the banking interest — bančni krogi

the business interests — poslovni svet

the landed interest — veleposestniki

the shipping interest — lastniki ladij

the interests — interesenti

to be in ( —ali to) s.o.'s interest — biti komu v korist

to be of interest to — biti zanimiv za, mikati koga

of great interest — zelo važen

of little interest — malopomemben

to look after one's own interests — skrbeti za svojo korist

in your interest — vam v korist

to study the interest of s.o. — imeti korist nekoga pred očmi

a matter of interest — važna zadeva

to have an interest in s.th. — imeti delež v čem

to take an interest in sth. — zanimati se za kaj, potegovati se za kaj

to make interest with s.o. — vplivati na koga

to have interest with s.o. — imeti vpliv pri kom

to excite s.o.'s interest — zbuditi zanimanje pri kom

to obtain s.th. through interest with s.o. — dobiti kaj po zvezah

to use one's interest with one for s.o. — zavzeti se za koga pri kom

politics sphere of interest — interesna sfera

II [íntrist]

transitive verb

zbuditi zanimanje (in za); zanimati, zainteresirati; vplivati, privlačiti

to interest o.s. in — zanimati se za