How do you pronounce “interest”?

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“interest” is pronounced in-te-rest, across 3 syllables.

Noun: The price paid for obtaining, or price received for providing, money or goods in a credit transaction, calculated as a fraction of the amount or value of what was borrowed.“Our bank offers borrowers an annual interest of 5 %.”
Verb: To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing.“It might interest you to learn that others have already tried that approach.”

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