Translate vested interest | into French | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of vested interest
noun
1a personal reason for involvement in an undertaking or situation, especially an expectation of financial or other gain:banks have a vested interest in the growth of their customers a person or group with a particular reason for involvement in an undertaking or situation:the problem is that the authorities are a vested interest
2 Law an interest (usually in land or money held in trust) recognized as belonging to a particular person.
