special interest

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special interest

A person, group, or organization attempting to influence legislators in favor of one particular interest or issue.

special-inter·est (sp

st, -t

st, -tr

) adj.

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special interest - an individual or group who are concerned with some particular part of the economy and who try to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor

interest group, interest - (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims; "the iron interests stepped up production"

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anomalist bouillabaisse buckraking caterer catering community education fancier house organ individuality interest interest group lobbyism PAC periodical political action committee railroader Railroads rosarian SIG			And in spite of the fact that science, art, and politics had no special interest for him, he firmly held those views on all these subjects which were held by the majority and by his paper, and he only changed them when the majority changed them--or, more strictly speaking, he did not change them, but they imperceptibly changed of themselves within him. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context I may be making mountains out of molehills; but I thought at the time (and think still) that she had some special interest in inquiring after your father, and, not wishing me to notice it for reasons of her own, changed the form of the question so as to include your mother. I Say No by Collins, Wilkie View in context I've a special interest in such young bears, and like to show them that I see the warm, honest, well-meaning boys' hearts, in spite of the clumsy arms and legs and the topsy-turvy heads. Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context			special case special clearing special constable special contract special correspondent special court-martial Special damage special delivery Special demurrer Special deposit special drawing rights special education special educational needs special effect special effects special feature special flight Special Forces special forces group special forces operations base special handling special hazard Special homology special information operations Special injuction special interest special interest target Special issue special job cover map special jury Special K special licence special mission unit special needs special offer Special Olympics special operations special operations combat control team special operations command special operations command and control element special operations forces special operations liaison element special operations mission planning folder special operations naval mobile environment team special operations terminal attack controller special operations weather team/tactical element special operations wing special operations-peculiar Special orders Special partner Special partnership			Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program Special Instruction Special Instruction Engineering Release Special Instruction Form Special Instruction Set Special Instructions Special Instructions Indicator Special Instructions to Communicators Special Instrument Flight Rules Special Instrumented Missile Special Intelligence Special Intelligence & General Service Special Intelligence - Talent Keyhole Special Intelligence Brief Special Intelligence Communications Special Intelligence Communications Center Special Intelligence Correlator Special Intelligence Officer Special Intelligence Processing Special Intelligence Report Special Intelligence Study Special Intelligence/Special Access Only Special Intelligence/Special Compartmented Intelligence Special Interchange Canada Program special interest Special Interest Aircraft Special Interest Code Special Interest Community Special Interest Group Special Interest Group Special Interest Group Special Interest Group for Computer Science Special Interest Group for Computer-Human Interaction Special Interest Group for IIAS Special Interest Group for Information Technology Education Special Interest Group for Molecular Bioinformatics Special Interest Group for Telelearning Special Interest Group in Andrology Special Interest Group in Software Testing Special Interest Group in Urban Settlements Special Interest Group in Vehicle Navigation Special Interest Group of Municipal Authorities Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America Special Interest Group On Ada Special Interest Group on Adverse Reactions Special Interest Group on Algorithms Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory Special Interest Group on Applied Computing Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence Special Interest Group on Automata & Computability Theory Special Interest Group on Biomedical Computing

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