VESTED INTEREST as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit
   Hypernyms(s) vested interest is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • interest (what does interest mean?)
   • interest group (what does interest group mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • military-industrial complex (what does military-industrial complex mean?)
2. Meaning
   • (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another
   Hypernyms(s) vested interest is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • interest (what does interest mean?)
   • stake (what does stake mean?)