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Noun: vested interest
  1. (law) an interest in which there is a fixed right to present or future enjoyment and that can be conveyed to another
     
  2. Groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit

Derived forms: vested interests

Type of: interest, interest group, stake

Encyclopedia: Vested interest

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