"Self-Interest" is a word in ENGLISH

A particular or detached incident or fact of an interesting nature; a biographical incident or fragment; a single passage of …

Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; -- applied either to the body or the mind. As …

Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or …

Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage.

Self-interest; private advantage.

Private end or view; by-interest.

A private or selfish view; self-interested aim or purpose.

A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or …

To unite in a small party to promote private views and interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.

loot on delivery. See C. O. D.—Collector. one authorized to receive taxes or oth-er impositions; as “collector of taxes." A …

Upon relation or In-formation. Legal proceedings which are ln-stituted by the attorney general (or other proper person) ln the name …

That gain which proceeds from labor, business, property, or capital of any kind, as the produce of a farm, the …

“Lobbying” ls defined to be any personal solicitation of a member of a legislative body during a session thereof, by …

Something of special or private concern or interest.

Personal interest; particular business.

Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; …

Hence, personal interest, or love of private interest; selfishness; as, self is his whole aim.

In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.