Vested Interest Definition

noun
A right or title, as to present or future possession of an estate, that can be conveyed to another.
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An established right that cannot be eliminated, as to some future benefit.
Webster's New World
Close involvement in promoting personal advantage.
Webster's New World
A number of groups cooperating or competing in pursuing selfish goals and exerting controlling influence, esp., the powerful persons and groups that own and control industry, business, etc.
Webster's New World
Those groups that seek to maintain or control an existing system or activity from which they derive private benefit.
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Noun

Singular:
vested interest

Vested Interest Sentence Examples

  • Hunting people have the biggest vested interest in the survival of the species.

  • The more I have a personal vested interest in your success, the better.

  • Moreover, Norway has a vested interest in helping to reduce the extensive environmental problems affecting the geographically adjacent area of Northwest Russia.

  • In the meantime it was controlled by those with a vested interest in the industry.

  • An independent lab has no vested interest in the outcome of tests and should be a more trustworthy source of information than manufacturer's tests.

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