vested interest

*vested interest (in something)

Fig. a personal or biased interest, often financial, in something. (*Typically: have ~; give someone ~.) Margaret has a vested interest in wanting her father to sell the family firm. She has shares in it and would make a large profit. Bob has a vested interest in keeping the village traffic-free. He has a summer home there.

vested interest

A personal stake in something, as in She has a vested interest in keeping the house in her name. This term, first recorded in 1818, uses vested in the sense of "established" or "secured."

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Baird	[bɛəd]
Athanas	-	Ancient Greek
Bernardo	ber-NAHR-do (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Katerina	-	Macedonian, Russian, Bulgarian, Greek, Late Roman
Meagan	MEG-ən	English
Rouben	-	Biblical Greek, Armenian