vested interest
An indefeasible right or title, distinguished from a contingent interest, which could…An indefeasible right or title, distinguished from a contingent interest, which could be defeated (i.e. cease) if a certain event occurred.
Meaning
5 sensesAn indefeasible right or title, distinguished from a contingent interest, which could be defeated (i.e. cease) if a certain event occurred.
A fixed right granted to an employee, especially under a pension plan.
erworbenes Recht, ersessenes Recht
A stake, often financial, in a particular outcome.
(in the plural)A group of people or organizations with such a stake, especially those that seek to control an existing system or activity from which they derive benefit.
groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit
An exceptionally strong interest in protecting or promoting something to one's own advantage.
gesteigertes Interesse
Translations
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Origin
Popularized in sociology by Thorstein Veblen, The Vested Interests and the Common Man (191Popularized in sociology by Thorstein Veblen, The Vested Interests and the Common Man (1919). But used earlier, e.g. by Winston Churchill:
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Forms
plural: vested interests| Singular | vested interest |
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