~ (in sth) a personal reason for wanting sth to happen, especially because you get some advantage from it:
They have a vested interest in keeping their club as exclusive as possible. * Powerful vested interests (= people with a vested interest) are opposing the plan. * She thinks that lawyers have a vested interest in making the legal process move slowly.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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In this entry, vested interest is tagged as noun.
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