interest
part of speech
noun (interest, interests); verb (interest, interests, interested, interesting)
meaning for a pupil
1) Interest is the feeling of wanting to know more about something. tree →
2) An interest is something you like doing or learning about, like a hobby. tree →
3) In money, interest is extra money a bank pays you for saving, or extra money you pay when you borrow. tree →
4) To interest someone means to make them want to know more. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: The law forbids interest on loans to a brother in need. The rabbis call this ribbit and treat it as a serious wrong, since lending should be kindness. In the primary lessons: In everyday life, people share interests with friends; school projects can follow a child's interests. In maths, interest is money added on, usually as a percentage; if a bank pays 10% interest on $100, you get $10 extra. Phrases: take an interest in, show interest, lose interest, interest rate, in your interest, of interest.
examples
- Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase. (Torah LEV.25.37, JPS 1917) tree →
- Take thou no interest of him or increase; but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. (Torah LEV.25.36, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thou shalt not lend upon interest to thy brother: interest of money, interest of victuals, interest of any thing that is lent upon interest. (Torah DEU.23.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- He that putteth not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent. (Writings PSA.15.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor. (Writings PRO.28.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall exact interest of thee, and awake that shall violently shake thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? (Prophets HAB.2.7, JPS 1917) tree →
- She has a big interest in dinosaurs. tree →
- My interests are football, drawing and reading. tree →
- The bank pays interest on my savings. tree →
- He lost interest in the game after a while. tree →
- Does space interest you? tree →
- It's in your interest to finish your homework. tree →
- Places of interest in London include the Tower. tree →
- Show interest when your friend tells you a story. tree →
- Finnian received that information with respect and interest. tree →
note
Adjectives: interesting (a thing is interesting), interested (a person is interested in something). «Interested in», not «interested on». In money problems, interest is added to the starting amount: save $200 at 5% interest for a year and you have $210.
In the corpora
- Take thou no interest of him or increase; but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee.
- Thou shalt not give him thy money upon interest, nor give him thy victuals for increase.
- He that putteth not out his money on interest, nor taketh a bribe against the innocent.
- He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase, gathereth it for him that is gracious to the poor.
- Banks pay interest on savings, and they charge interest when you borrow.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «interest» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.