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vested interest

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vested interest
n.
1. Law A right or title, as to present or future possession of an estate, that can be conveyed to another.
2. A fixed right granted to an employee under a pension plan.
3. A special interest in protecting or promoting that which is to one's own personal advantage.
4. vested interests Those groups that seek to maintain or control an existing system or activity from which they derive private benefit.

vested interest
Noun
1. a strong personal interest someone has in a matter because he or she might benefit from it
2. Property law an existing right to the immediate or future possession of property
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Noun1.vested interest - (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
stake, interest - (law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something; "they have interests all over the world"; "a stake in the company's future"
2.vested interest - groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit
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"
military-industrial complex - a country's military establishment and the industries that produce arms and other military equipment; "we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex"--Dwight David Eisenhower
Translations
vested interest n to have a vested interest in doing → avoir tout intérêt à faire;
vested interests npl (Comm) → droits acquis
vested interest [ˈvɛstɪd-] n (Comm) → finanzielles Interesse nt;
to have a vested interest in doing sth → ein besonderes Interesse daran haben, etw zu tun
vested interest n to have a vested interest in doing → avere tutto l'interesse a fare;
vested interests npl (COMM) → diritti mpl acquisiti


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But, with all her respect for the vested interests of Horace, Lady Janet could not blame Julian.
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.
 
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