vested interest

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*vested interest (in something)

Fig. a personal or biased interest, often financial, in something. (*Typically: have ~; give someone ~.) Margaret has a vested interest in wanting her father to sell the family firm. She has shares in it and would make a large profit. Bob has a vested interest in keeping the village traffic-free. He has a summer home there.

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But, with all her respect for the vested interests of Horace, Lady Janet could not blame Julian. The New Magdalen by Collins, Wilkie View in context Here, as in other social spheres, if any good is to be done, we come into collision not merely with vested interests, but with something far more dangerous to meddle with--religious ideas crystallized into superstitions, the most permanent form taken by human thought. The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context			velvet vengeance vent vent on vent spleen venture venture forth venture on venture out verbal diarrhoea verge verge into verge on verify with verse very Very good very last very much so very thing very well vessel vest vest in vest with vested interest vicious victory vie view villain villain of the piece vim and vigor vindicate of vine vinegar violet virtual reality virtue Virtue is its own reward vis-à-vis visit visit from the stork visit on visit the plumbing visit with visualize as visually impaired voice void volunteer			Vestals Vestals Vestamager Vestas Vestas Vestas Performance and Diagnostics Centre Vestavia Hills Baptist Church Vestavia Hills City Schools Foundation Vestavia Hills Elementary East Vestavia Hills Elementary West Vestavia Hills High School Vestavia Hills Public Library Vestavia Hills School District Vestavia Hills Soccer Club Vestavia Hills Tree Commission Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church Vestavia Hills Youth Baseball Vestdijk, Simon vested vested vested vested vested Vested Benefit Vested Benefit Obligation vested benefits Vested Development, Inc. Vested Dual Benefit vested interest vested interest in land vested interests vested interests vested interests vested interests Vested legacy Vested remainder Vested remainder Vested right Vested right Vested right Vested Rights Permit Vested school Vested Security Solutions, LLC vestee vestees Vester- Vesteralen Vesterålen Vesterålen Islands Vesteras Vesteras Vesterbro Rulleskøjte Klub Vestergaard Frandsen West Africa Vestering Worldwide Exporters Vestfjarda Peninsula Vestfjarða Vestfold Vestfold Interkommunale Vannverk

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