VESTED INTEREST

an interest in something that may be lost by change. —Academy Level III Glossary

a special interest in an existing system, arrangement or institution for particular personal reasons. I'll give you one, at once, that we haven't covered: Does the Assistant Registrar have any right or vested interest in the training quality or the processing quality?

1. if you have a vested interest in something happening, you have a strong reason for wanting it to happen because you will get an advantage from it. [ex - Tobacco companies have a vested interest in claiming that smoking isn't harmful.] 2. vested interests [plural] the groups of people who have a vested interest in something. [ex - The vested interests tried to keep the proposed reform from being voted into law.] Wa special interest in an existing system, arrangement or institution for particular personal reasons.a special interest in an existing system, arrangement or institution for particular personal reasons. For instance, as long as-as long as somebody is protecting every member of the populace and is going to hang anybody who threatens every member of the populace then there's no vested interest in being nice at all, just go on being nasty. -Axiom 53 The Axiom of the Stable Datum (23 Aug. 55) close involvement in promoting personal advantage. But somebody whose vested interest was in the mind was actually built on these principles and didn't know it.a special interest in an existing system, arrangement or institution for particular personal reasons. I'll give you one, at once, that we haven't covered Does the Assistant Registrar have any right or vested interest in the training quality or the processing quality?an interest in something that may be lost by change.close involvement in promoting personal advantage.close involvement in promoting personal advantage, usually at the expense of others.persons or groups, etc., who benefit the most from existing business or financial systems.