What's the difference between forfeiture and interest?

Forfeiture


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of forfeiting; the loss of some right, privilege, estate, honor, office, or effects, by an offense, crime, breach of condition, or other act.
  • (n.) That which is forfeited; a penalty; a fine or mulct.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) David Cameron said: "I welcome the forfeiture committee's decision on Fred Goodwin's knighthood.
  • (2) The lack of information, revealed in a letter outlining the terms of the job offer and seen by the Guardian along with Lewis’s contract, meant the company was “unable to calculate the forfeiture values”.
  • (3) The penalty, which is subject to court approval, is the "largest ever bank forfeiture and largest ever [Department of Justice] penalty for a Bank Secrecy Act violation," according to the attorney’s office.
  • (4) A further amendment tabled by another 11 MPs, including Richard Fuller and Michelle Thomson, calls on the house’s honours forfeiture committee to recommend Green’s knighthood “be cancelled and annulled”.
  • (5) "I know the CQC are looking into disciplinary procedures and what can be done: what sanctions are available; whether you can have forfeiture of pensions, all those things.
  • (6) But the prime minister’s spokesman said Green’s knighthood was a matter for the forfeiture committee: “It’s a completely independent body and it doesn’t give us any guidance on what it is looking at.
  • (7) In theory a points forfeiture could dictate that Gus Poyet's side were relegated rather than, as seems most likely, Norwich, but the so called "gang of three" appear to have overlooked the formidable strength of Sunderland's potential defence.
  • (8) The Conservative MP Matthew Hancock backed the forfeiture committee decision but called for the heads of banks responsible for systemic failure also to be subject to criminal gross negligence charges.
  • (9) The US Department of Treasury is issuing a policy similar to the justice department’s for its forfeiture program, which began in 1993.
  • (10) Goodwin has no right of appeal, and in accordance with custom was given no right to make representations to the forfeiture committee, a group of four permanent secretaries.
  • (11) This is the first step in a comprehensive review that we have launched of the federal asset forfeiture program.” He said that asset forfeiture is a critical law enforcement tool when used appropriately.
  • (12) Evidence about how the family has made money is also being given to the NSW Crime Commission which could lead to an application for forfeiture of assets and banks accounts.
  • (13) Around 70 MPs signed a Commons motion calling for Goodwin to lose the right to call himself "Sir" and in April Labour MP Gordon Prentice wrote to the cabinet secretary, Sir Gus O'Donnell, who chairs the forfeiture committee, to ask him to take action.
  • (14) At the end of a week-long court martial, in which Wilkerson did not testify, he was found guilty of aggravated sexual assault and sentenced to a year in jail, with dismissal from the air force and forfeiture of all pay and allowances.
  • (15) Paolo Di Canio's nemesis had an infinitely forgettable, extremely one paced, afternoon punctuated by subsequent forfeitures of possession and appalling first touches.
  • (16) "The Walker report has left in a reference to 'clawback' but it is not clear whether it means asking for the money back once it has been paid or forfeiture of the deferred, but as yet unpaid bonuses," said Alistair Woodland, a partner at Clifford Chance.
  • (17) Asked if Savile should lose his knighthood, Cameron said: "We have something called a forfeiture committee.
  • (18) Applicants are required to supply fingerprints and disclose their criminal history, with omissions punishable by license forfeiture or denial.
  • (19) To make matters worse, federal drug forfeiture laws allow state and local law enforcement agencies to keep for their own use 80% of the cash, cars and homes seized from drug suspects, thus granting law enforcement a direct monetary interest in the profitability of the drug market.
  • (20) Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland , has been stripped of his knighthood by the Queen on the advice of the forfeiture committee.

Interest


Definition:

  • (n.) To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest him; to interest one in charitable work.
  • (n.) To be concerned with or engaged in; to affect; to concern; to excite; -- often used impersonally.
  • (n.) To cause or permit to share.
  • (n.) Excitement of feeling, whether pleasant or painful, accompanying special attention to some object; concern.
  • (n.) Participation in advantage, profit, and responsibility; share; portion; part; as, an interest in a brewery; he has parted with his interest in the stocks.
  • (n.) Advantage, personal or general; good, regarded as a selfish benefit; profit; benefit.
  • (n.) Premium paid for the use of money, -- usually reckoned as a percentage; as, interest at five per cent per annum on ten thousand dollars.
  • (n.) Any excess of advantage over and above an exact equivalent for what is given or rendered.
  • (n.) The persons interested in any particular business or measure, taken collectively; as, the iron interest; the cotton interest.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A group of interested medical personnel has been identified which has begun to work together.
  • (2) Hypothyroidism complicated by spontaneous hyperthyroidism is an interesting but rare occurrence in the spectrum of autoimmune thyroid disorders.
  • (3) It is quite interesting to analyse which gene of the virus determines the characteristics of the virus.
  • (4) Another interested party, the University of Miami, had been in talks with the Beckham group over the potential for a shared stadium project.
  • (5) "Britain needs to be in the room when the euro countries meet," he said, "so that it can influence the argument and ensure that what the 17 do will not damage the market or British interests.
  • (6) Angle closure glaucoma is a well-known complication of scleral buckling and it is of particular interest when it occurs in eyes with previously normal angles.
  • (7) Today’s figures tell us little about the timing of the first increase in interest rates, which will depend on bigger picture news on domestic growth, pay trends and perceived downside risks in the global economy,” he said.
  • (8) To this figure an additional 250,000 older workers must be added, who are no longer registered as unemployed but nevertheless would be interested in finding another job.
  • (9) Whittingdale also defended the right of MPs to use privilege to speak out on public interest matters.
  • (10) David Cameron has insisted that membership of the European Union is in Britain's national interest and vital for "millions of jobs and millions of families", as he urged his own backbenchers not to back calls for a referendum on the UK's relationship with Brussels.
  • (11) But if you want to sustain a long-term relationship, it's important to try to develop other erotic interests and skills, because most partners will expect and demand that.
  • (12) One of the most interesting aspects of the shadow cabinet elections, not always readily interpreted because of the bizarre process of alliances of convenience, is whether his colleagues are ready to forgive and forget his long years as Brown's representative on earth.
  • (13) While the majority of EU member states, including the UK, do not have a direct interest in the CAR, or in taking action, the alternative is unthinkable.
  • (14) And the irony of it is it doesn't interest me at all.
  • (15) Further exploration of these excretory pathways will provide interesting new insights on the numerous cholestatic and hyperbilirubinemic syndromes that occur in nature.
  • (16) The information about her father's semi-brainwashing forms an interesting backdrop to Malala's comments when I ask if she ever wonders about the man who tried to kill her on her way back from school that day in October last year, and why his hands were shaking as he held the gun – a detail she has picked up from the girls in the school bus with her at the time; she herself has no memory of the shooting.
  • (17) Our interest in the role of association brain structures during this behavior is not occasional.
  • (18) Apart from their pathogenic significance, these results may have some interest for the clinical investigation of patients with joint diseases.
  • (19) Photograph: AP Reasons for wavering • State relies on coal-fired electricity • Poor prospects for wind power • Conservative Democrat • Represents conservative district in conservative state and was elected on narrow margins Campaign support from fossil fuel interests in 2008 • $93,743 G K Butterfield (North Carolina) GK Butterfield, North Carolina.
  • (20) Interestingly, different mechanisms of nucleated and non-nucleated TC directed lysis by CD4+ effectors were implied by distinct patterns of sensitivity to cholera toxin (CT) and cyclosporin A (CsA).