to acquire an interest in
1acquire — ac‧quire [əˈkwaɪə ǁ əˈkwaɪr] verb [transitive] 1. FINANCE to buy a company: • The group wants to acquire the company for $18 a share. 2. acquire a holding/an interest/a stake FINANCE to buy part of a company …
2interest — in·ter·est / in trəst; in tə rəst, ˌrest/ n [probably alteration of earlier interesse, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, to be between, make a difference, concern, from inter between, among + esse to be] 1: a right, title, claim …
3interest — ► NOUN 1) the state of wanting to know about something or someone. 2) the quality of exciting curiosity or holding the attention. 3) a subject about which one is concerned or enthusiastic. 4) money paid for the use of money lent. 5) a person s… …
4interest — / ɪntrəst/ noun 1. payment made by a borrower for the use of money, calculated as a percentage of the capital borrowed 2. money paid as income on investments or loans ● to receive interest at 5% ● the loan pays 5% interest ● deposit which yields… …
5Acquire — For the game developer, see Acquire (game developer). For other uses, see Acquisition (disambiguation). Acquire The 1999 Hasbro version of Acquire Designer(s) Sid Sackson Publisher(s) …
6interest — noun 1》 the feeling of wanting to know about something or someone. ↘a quality exciting curiosity or holding the attention: a tale full of interest. ↘a subject which one enjoys doing or studying. 2》 money paid for the use of money lent, or …
7interest someone in — persuade someone to undertake or acquire. → interest …
8Equitable interest — An equitable interest is an interest held by virtue of an equitable title (a title that indicates a beneficial interest in property and that gives the holder the right to acquire formal legal title) or claimed on equitable grounds, such as the… …
9expression of interest — exˌpression of ˈinterest noun expressions of interest PLURALFORM [countable] COMMERCE a formal statement by an organization, company, or investor, stating that they want to become involved in a particular project or do a particular job: • BP have …
10majority interest — ➔ interest * * * A major equity interest of more than half the shares in a company. * * * majority interest UK US noun [C or U] ► FINANCE, STOCK MARKET a situation in which one person or organization owns more shares in a company than any… …
