To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing.
A great attention and concern from someone or something; intellectual curiosity.
An involvement, claim, right, share, stake in or link with a financial, business, or other undertaking or endeavor.
The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.
Condition or quality of exciting concern or being of importance.
Any excess over and above an exact equivalent
The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively.
Something or someone one is interested in.
Attention that is given to or received from someone or something.
One of the four humors making up the body in ancient and mediaeval medicine; said to be cold and moist, and often identified with mucus.
Calmness of temperament, composure; also seen negatively, sluggishness, indifference.
Viscid mucus produced by the body, later especially mucus expelled from the bronchial passages by coughing.
A watery distillation, especially one obtained from plant matter; an aqueous solution.