vested interest

Etymology
Popularized in sociology by, The Vested Interests and the Common Man (1919).

Noun

 * 1)  An indefeasible right or title, distinguished from a contingent interest, which could be defeated (i.e. cease) if a certain event occurred.
 * 2) A fixed right granted to an employee, especially under a pension plan.
 * 3) A stake, often financial, in a particular outcome.
 * 4)  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.
 * 5) An exceptionally strong interest in protecting or promoting something to one's own advantage.
 * 1) An exceptionally strong interest in protecting or promoting something to one's own advantage.
 * 1) An exceptionally strong interest in protecting or promoting something to one's own advantage.
 * 1) An exceptionally strong interest in protecting or promoting something to one's own advantage.
 * 1) An exceptionally strong interest in protecting or promoting something to one's own advantage.
 * 1) An exceptionally strong interest in protecting or promoting something to one's own advantage.
 * 1) An exceptionally strong interest in protecting or promoting something to one's own advantage.

Translations

 * German: erworbenes Recht, ersessenes Recht


 * Spanish: interés personal


 * Persian:


 * Finnish: oma lehmä ojassa
 * German: gesteigertes Interesse
 * Hungarian: (anyagi/pénzügyi/gazdasági) érdek/érdekeltség
 * Italian: interesse personale
 * Persian: نفع شخصی
 * Spanish: intereses creados