have interest "in" or "on"? (2025)

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richardus2099

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Spanish - Mexico

  • Jan 6, 2011
  • #1

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Which preposition is right? I googled both, and the first phrase gave me +17 million results, while the second 1 million... is it possible to use both?

Thank you!

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    richardus2099

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    Spanish - Mexico

    • Jan 6, 2011
    • #2

    I know interested in sounds better, but "have interest in" is not correct?

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    ASliceofLuck

    New Member

    The Western Urals

    Russian

    • Jan 6, 2011
    • #3

    Hi! I'll say both are possible. It depends on context... when you're talking about ''interest '' meaning the money that you have to return to a bank, you use ''on''
    As an example: An interest on the loan is 16% a year.

    (NOT A NATIVE!)

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    Sorry for mixing you up... wasn't careful reading the question
    In your case: have an interest in

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    Fabulist

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    Annandale, Virginia, USA

    American English

    • Jan 6, 2011
    • #5

    I don't know how you could use "have interest on" money. You could earn interest on money, collect interest on investments, etc.

    Moreover, "have" + "interest" would, I think, usually require an indefinite article, an adjective, or both: "have an interest" in a topic of study or, for that matter, an investment: "They have an interest in several buildings in London," meaning that individually or as a group, each has partial ownership of several buildings, and therefore shares both the costs and the profits from renting them out.

    Or, "have only a slight interest in politics," "have a majority interest" in an investment (own more than half), "have little interest" in art, etc.

    So I wonder what the contexts are of those hits on "have interest in" and "have interest on," if they were in fact those exact three-word phrases.

    panjandrum

    Senior Member

    Belfast, Ireland

    English-Ireland (top end)

    • Jan 6, 2011
    • #6

    Fabulist said:

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    So I wonder what the contexts are of those hits on "have interest in" and "have interest on," if they were in fact those exact three-word phrases.

    You could, of course, look them up for yourself.

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    ASliceofLuck

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    The Western Urals

    Russian

    • Jan 7, 2011
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    I looked them uphave interest "in" or "on"? (2)... and didn't get any results for ''have interest on''.
    But there are a lot for ''have interest in''. However I'm not sure whether it's grammatically correct to use this phrase, because the first hits in google (I checked several) gave me pieces of writing (mostly sports articles), in which the phrase is only used in headlines. As far as I know, headlines often leave out articles. Besides, I couldn't find a single example with ''have interest in'' in any of these: LDOCE, Merriam-Webster online, Macmillandictionary online.

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    Alxmrphi

    Senior Member

    NW England

    UK English

    • Jan 7, 2011
    • #8

    "Have interest on" is completely 100% wrong for me.
    It only makes sense when referring to the interest you get in a bank, not in the normal sense of "take an interest in".

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    Fabulist

    Banned

    Annandale, Virginia, USA

    American English

    • Jan 7, 2011
    • #9

    I didn't look at 19,000,000 Google hits (about the combined total between "have interest in" and "have interest on"). I don't know whether those are the exact terms, in quotations to get only those sequences, that the OP searched for.

    Of the few I looked at on the first page or two for each, some were headlines where of course the article was omitted.

    Of the "have interest on," some were not really "have interest" but "have <something> <verb>," e.g., "have interest on his securities paid to his bank account." Others were usages were I would use "in" and consider "on" an error. Some of those seemed to be sports writing. There were some genuine sequences of "have interest on" where the "interest" was the extra payment by a borrower or debtor and "on" was followed by the investment or debt instrument.

    Reminds me not to pursue Google data in the future and to ignore any citation of Google hit statistics as justification for anything.

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    eyendall

    New Member

    English - Canada, UK

    • Jan 7, 2011
    • #10

    Unless the context was financial like "Paying interest on a loan", or the interest on the public debt" then "interest in" would be more correct. I can't think of any other phrase which would use the preposition "on", and certainly none using the verb "have"
    As Fabulist has pointed-out, the phrase "have interest in" would not be used without an article or adjective used before the word "interest"
    "I have an interest in the outcome of this race."
    "Do you have any interest in what i have to say?"

    panjandrum

    Senior Member

    Belfast, Ireland

    English-Ireland (top end)

    • Jan 7, 2011
    • #11

    There are plenty of perfectly legitimate examples of both "have interest in" and "have interest on" to be found in all kinds of contexts. I looked at Google Books examples.
    have interest on ... A quick browse suggests that this phrase is more common in older works.
    have interest in ... A similar quick browse suggests the same conclusion, except that the phrase appears to be current in Indian English.

    Unfortunately, we have no idea how richardus2099 wants to use the phrase. Without context, all I can say for sure is that both phrases are correct, with the reservations implicit in my comments on the examples.

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    richardus2099

    New Member

    Spanish - Mexico

    • Jan 8, 2011
    • #12

    Here you have the results for have interest on:

    http://www.google.com/search?q="have+interest+on"

    I think these results are valid
    Do financial managers have interest on debt finance? - Yahoo! Answers
    I have interest on HH bonds automaically sent to bank...
    To have interest on a credit card bill, you must have not paid a bill in full.
    You don't have interest on unpaid premiums.

    I'm not using a search engine as a justification for anything, I googled the terms to know which was more common and to get results from any forum like this. I already knew that many of the results were going to be wrong.

    I do not like to ask, I prefer to search by myself first, but in this case I got confused. Google does work. Try searching interested in and interested on and you'll get plenty of useful information.

    I just read a post from a guy who was learning english, and he wrote "I have interest on learning English". I felt it sounded weird.

    Thank you very much for your useful answers

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    txel

    New Member

    quechua

    • Dec 7, 2014
    • #13

    Here some other examples I found using interest + on

    http : // skellm.sketchengine.co.uk/run.cgi/ concordance? query=interest+on&lpos=

    Pyramid schemes involve excessive interest on investments .
    Interest on revolving credit is calculated more frequently often daily.
    We pay interest on that huge debt.
    Once again there is little interest on campus.
    This option holds little interest on the political left.
    Use sweep accounts to earn interest on surplus cash.
    International parents normally focus their interest on international schools.
    The brokerage house charges interest on the balance.
    How to figure interest on deferred tax.
    The game sparked an interest on college campuses nationwide.
    Interest on loans had become an unbearable financial burden.
    Interest on sum greater than $5 is 4 per cent.
    My old resume got no interest on online posts.
    It completely and strictly prohibits interest on a loan.
    Companies may offset the interest on all borrowing against profits tax.
    We do not pay interest on credit balances below certain amounts.
    The international community has taken an interest on this issue.
    It runs multiple savings accounts and grows from interest on loans.
    Lack of fraternity interest on its campuses was another contributing factor.
    Or maybe some interest on our money.
    Buzz also has had many love interests on the show.
    Fuel confirmed their interest on their official website.
    Interest on deposits and loans are often below the inflation rate.
    The three boys visit many points of interest on the lakes.
    And we are still paying interest on it.
    Indeed, banks usually pay no interest on current account deposits.
    This was leading to lack of interest on stocks .
    This shows creativity and interest on your part.
    The rules of calculating interest on a loan.
    Interest on U.S. bonds, 4 per cent.
    Tax deductible qualified residence interest also includes interest on home equity loans.
    As we just remarked, banks charge interest on bank loans.
    Interest on the Provincial portion of student loans was eliminated completely.
    There was a lack of interest on everybody's part.
    It also garnered Robyn interest on a global level.
    Get five per cent interest on your ISA money now?
    Find the area of interest on Maps 3 .
    Interest on any instrument provided shall accrue to the travel club.
    Amount spent on paying interest on the loan is not taxable.
    Are we lacking motivation to pursue interests on our own?

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