vested interest
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another
Types & categories
- stake hypernym
Related & opposite
- law domain topic
Sense 2 noun
groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit
Types & categories
- interest group hypernym
- military-industrial complex hyponym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | stake |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | interest group |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | military-industrial complex |