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VESTED INTEREST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("vested interest" is a kind of...):
interest; interest group ((usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vested interest"):
military-industrial complex (a country's military establishment and the industries that produce arms and other military equipment)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("vested interest" is a kind of...):
interest; stake ((law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
