Usually means: Personal stake in an outcome.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word vested interest:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. vested interest: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. vested interest: Merriam-Webster
  3. vested interest: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. vested interest: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. vested interest: Collins English Dictionary
  6. vested interest: Vocabulary.com
  7. vested interest: Wordnik
  8. vested interest: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. vested interest: Wiktionary
  10. vested interest: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. vested interest: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. vested interest: Dictionary.com
  13. Vested interest (communication theory), Vested interest: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. vested interest: Rhymezone
  15. vested interest: FreeDictionary.org
  16. vested interest: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. vested interest: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. vested interest: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
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  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. Vested Interest: Investopedia
  5. vested interest: Legal dictionary
  6. Vested Interest: Financial dictionary
  7. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. vested interest: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. vested interest: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (vested interest)

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

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