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with interest
With more than what one should receive, extra, and then some. For example, Mary borrowed Jane's new dress without asking, but Jane paid her back with interest—she drove off in Mary's car. This idiom alludes to interest in the financial sense. Its figurative use dates from the late 1500s.
Example Sentences
The trust funds are built up from payroll taxes paid by workers and employers, along with interest paid on the treasury bonds the programs hold.
All the money will be made available to victims in the next five years, and the county expects to be repaying its bonds, with interest, for the next 25 years.
Authorities in Germany have been looking with interest at rising TFA levels in drinking water.
The remaining industry will watch with interest to see if this works – and judge how "just" this transition is.
However, Leinster did not let that get in their heads as, just a couple of minutes later, they returned Johan Goosen's free-kick with interest.
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