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vested interests

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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.
Translations
vested interests [ˈvɛstɪd-] npl (COMM) → intereses mpl creados


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But, with all her respect for the vested interests of Horace, Lady Janet could not blame Julian.
The New Magdalen by Collins, Wilkie View in context
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.
The Country Doctor by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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