Interest

Interest

Interest is a fee paid by a borrower of assets to the owner as a form of compensation for the use of the assets. It is most commonly the price paid for the use of borrowed money, or money earned by deposited funds.

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Famous quotes containing the word interest:

    “Authoritarian political ideologies have a vested interest in promoting fear, a sense of the imminence of takeover by aliens—and real diseases are useful material.”
    —Susan Sontag (b. 1933)

    “But what would interest you about the brook,
    It’s always cold in summer, warm in winter.”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)

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