interested

Etymology

adj

1. Having or showing interest (attention or curiosity).
   I'm very interested in going to see that play.
2. (less common) Having an interest (stake); being a stakeholder; motivated by considerations of self-interest; self-serving.
   all interested parties [ ≈ all stakeholders]
   He maintained -- the thought is not unnatural in a royal historiographer -- that the generous actions of great princes are often twisted and misrepresented by interested critics. 1982, Peter Partner, The Murdered Magicians: The Templars and Their Myth, Oxford University Press, page 99
   1. Owning a share of a company; being a shareholder.

verb

1. simple past and past participle of interest