vested interest
- an established right that cannot be eliminated, as to some future benefit
- close involvement in promoting personal advantage
- a number of groups cooperating or competing in pursuing selfish goals and exerting controlling influence, esp. the powerful persons and groups that own and control industry, business, etc.
See vested interest in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun- Law A right or title, as to present or future possession of an estate, that can be conveyed to another.
- A fixed right granted to an employee under a pension plan.
- A special interest in protecting or promoting that which is to one's own personal advantage.
- vested interests Those groups that seek to maintain or control an existing system or activity from which they derive private benefit.
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