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By-interest
By-interest By"-in`ter*est, n.
Self-interest; private advantage. --Atterbury.
Compound interest 2. Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility;
share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has
parted with his interest in the stocks.
3. Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a
selfish benefit; profit; benefit.
Divisions hinder the common interest and public
good. --Sir W.
Temple.
When interest calls of all her sneaking train.
--Pope.
4. Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as
a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on
ten thousand dollars.
They have told their money, and let out Their coin
upon large interest. --Shak.
5. Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent
for what is given or rendered.
You shall have your desires with interest. --Shak.
6. The persons interested in any particular business or
measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the
cotton interest.
Compound interest, interest, not only on the original
principal, but also on unpaid interest from the time it
fell due.
Simple interest, interest on the principal sum without
interest on overdue interest. Compound interestCompound Com"pound, a. [OE. compouned, p. p. of compounen. See
Compound, v. t.]
Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts;
produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or
things; composite; as, a compound word.
Compound substances are made up of two or more simple
substances. --I. Watts.
Compound addition, subtraction, multiplication,
division (Arith.), the addition, subtraction, etc., of
compound numbers.
Compound crystal (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one
seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined
according to regular laws of composition.
Compound engine (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which
the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder
is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure
cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders,
successively.
Compound ether. (Chem.) See under Ether.
Compound flower (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single
flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in
a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or
dandelion.
Compound fraction. (Math.) See Fraction.
Compound fracture. See Fracture.
Compound householder, a householder who compounds or
arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be
included in his rents. [Eng.]
Compound interest. See Interest.
Compound larceny. (Law) See Larceny.
Compound leaf (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate
blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk.
Compound microscope. See Microscope.
Compound motion. See Motion.
Compound number (Math.), one constructed according to a
varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.;
-- called also denominate number.
Compound pier (Arch.), a clustered column.
Compound quantity (Alg.), a quantity composed of two or
more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign +
(plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are
compound quantities.
Compound radical. (Chem.) See Radical.
Compound ratio (Math.), the product of two or more ratios;
thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c
and b:d.
Compound rest (Mech.), the tool carriage of an engine
lathe.
Compound screw (Mech.), a screw having on the same axis two
or more screws with different pitch (a differential
screw), or running in different directions (a right and
left screw).
Compound time (Mus.), that in which two or more simple
measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining
of two measures of 3-8 time.
Compound word, a word composed of two or more words;
specifically, two or more words joined together by a
hyphen. Disinterest
Disinterest Dis*in"ter*est, p. a.
Disinterested. [Obs.]
The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest
and even. --Jer. Taylor.
Disinterest
Disinterest Dis*in"ter*est, n.
1. What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage.
[Obs.] --Glanvill.
2. Indifference to profit; want of regard to private
advantage; disinterestedness. [Obs.] --Johnson.
Disinterest
Disinterest Dis*in"ter*est, v. t.
To divest of interest or interested motives. [Obs.]
--Feltham.
DisinterestedDisinterested Dis*in"ter*est*ed, a. [Cf. Disinteressed.]
Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage;
free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or
feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested
decision or judge.
The happiness of disinterested sacrifices. --Channing.
Syn: Unbiased; impartial; uninterested; indifferent. Disinterestedly
Disinterestedly Dis*in"ter*est*ed*ly, adv.
In a disinterested manner; without bias or prejudice.
Disinterestedness
Disinterestedness Dis*in"ter*est*ed*ness, n.
The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality.
That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of
which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes
found in woman. --Macaulay.
Disinteresting
Disinteresting Dis*in"ter*est*ing, a.
Uninteresting. [Obs.] ``Disinteresting passages.' --Bp.
Warburton.
InterestedInterested In"ter*est*ed, a. [See Interest, v. t.]
1. Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion
excited; as, an interested listener.
2. Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in
consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an
interested witness. Interestedness
Interestedness In"ter*est*ed*ness, n.
The state or quality of being interested; selfishness.
--Richardson.
Interesting
Interesting In"ter*est*ing, a.
Engaging the attention; exciting, or adapted to excite,
interest, curiosity, or emotion; as, an interesting story;
interesting news. --Cowper.
Interestingly
Interestingly In"ter*est*ing*ly, adv.
In an interesting manner.
Interestingness
Interestingness In"ter*est*ing*ness, n.
The condition or quality of being interesting. --A. Smith.
Marine interest Marine engine (Mech.), a steam engine for propelling a
vessel.
Marine glue. See under Glue.
Marine insurance, insurance against the perils of the sea,
including also risks of fire, piracy, and barratry.
Marine interest, interest at any rate agreed on for money
lent upon respondentia and bottomry bonds.
Marine law. See under Law.
Marine league, three geographical miles.
Marine metal, an alloy of lead, antimony, and mercury, made
for sheathing ships. --Mc Elrath.
Marine soap, cocoanut oil soap; -- so called because, being
quite soluble in salt water, it is much used on shipboard.
Marine store, a store where old canvas, ropes, etc., are
bought and sold; a junk shop. [Eng.] Simple interest 2. Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility;
share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has
parted with his interest in the stocks.
3. Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a
selfish benefit; profit; benefit.
Divisions hinder the common interest and public
good. --Sir W.
Temple.
When interest calls of all her sneaking train.
--Pope.
4. Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as
a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on
ten thousand dollars.
They have told their money, and let out Their coin
upon large interest. --Shak.
5. Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent
for what is given or rendered.
You shall have your desires with interest. --Shak.
6. The persons interested in any particular business or
measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the
cotton interest.
Compound interest, interest, not only on the original
principal, but also on unpaid interest from the time it
fell due.
Simple interest, interest on the principal sum without
interest on overdue interest. Simple interest 12. (Min.) Homogenous.
13. (Zo["o]l.) Consisting of a single individual or zooid;
as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.
Simple contract (Law), any contract, whether verbal or
written, which is not of record or under seal. --J. W.
Smith. --Chitty.
Simple equation (Alg.), an eqyation containing but one
unknown quantity, and that quantity only in the first
degree.
Simple eye (Zo["o]l.), an eye having a single lens; --
opposed to compound eye.
Simple interest. See under Interest.
Simple larceny. (Law) See under Larceny.
Simple obligation (Rom. Law), an obligation which does not
depend for its execution upon any event provided for by
the parties, or is not to become void on the happening of
any such event. --Burrill.
Syn: Single; uncompounded; unmingled; unmixed; mere;
uncombined; elementary; plain; artless; sincere;
harmless; undesigning; frank; open; unaffected;
inartificial; unadorned; credulous; silly; foolish;
shallow; unwise.
Usage: Simple, Silly. One who is simple is sincere,
unaffected, and inexperienced in duplicity, -- hence
liable to be duped. A silly person is one who is
ignorant or weak and also self-confident; hence, one
who shows in speech and act a lack of good sense.
Simplicity is incompatible with duplicity, artfulness,
or vanity, while silliness is consistent with all
three. Simplicity denotes lack of knowledge or of
guile; silliness denotes want of judgment or right
purpose, a defect of character as well as of
education.
I am a simple woman, much too weak To oppose
your cunning. --Shak.
He is the companion of the silliest people in
their most silly pleasure; he is ready for every
impertinent entertainment and diversion. --Law. Uninterested
Uninterested Un*in"ter*est*ed, a.
1. Not interested; not having any interest or property in;
having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any
business.
2. Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as,
uninterested in a discourse or narration.
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