with interest

with interest

1. Literally, with an additional accrued amount of income, typically based on a fixed monthly percentage of the total outstanding amount. With interest, a $20,000 loan could end up costing you upwards of $100,000 by the time it is fully repaid. I promised that I would pay him back with interest for the money he lent me.
2. With a greater amount or to a greater degree than what was received or would be considered equal. I was furious when I got fired from my job, but I'll pay them back with interest once I get this virus uploaded to their IT network. The judge sentenced the killer to 10 consecutive life sentences—one for each of his victims, with interest.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

with interest

With more than what one should receive, extra, and then some. For example, Mary borrowed Jane's new dress without asking, but Jane paid her back with interest-she drove off in Mary's car . This idiom alludes to interest in the financial sense. Its figurative use dates from the late 1500s.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
See also:
  • plus interest
  • as many as
  • as many as...
  • make (some amount of money) in (something)
  • make in
  • if that
  • compute (something) at (some amount)
  • compute at
  • in the order of (some amount)
  • in/of the order of
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This new, simplified procedure is retroactive and effective for all taxable years for which a refund with interest was paid after December 31, 1986.
His involvement with interest on federal taxes dates back as far as 1955, when he was of counsel for the taxpayer in the consideration by the Supreme Court of the United States of Premier Oil Co.
942, where interest on a deficiency extinguished by a carryback was discussed along with interest in other situations; the term "restricted interest" was applied to refer to interest that was limited or restricted by some statutory prohibition of interest.
Terminating interest on the due date of the amount against which the credit is taken coordinates with section 6601(f), which deals with interest on underpayments satisfied by a credit.
This negates any argument that interest expense may be netted with interest income.
* Netting interest income with interest expense subject to capitalization.
The IRS disallowed the netting of interest income with interest expense.
With interest rates at their lowest level in nearly 20 years (but expected to increase in the future), now may be the most opportune time to establish a grantor retained annuity trust (GRAT) or a grantor retained unitrust (GRUT).
The IRS conceded that a MID for each gift should not be disallowed "solely because the transferred interests, when aggregated with interests held by family members, would be a part of a controlling interest." In effect, the Service accepted the willing buyer-seller standard and agreed to value each gift separately.
Interests in rental realty cannot be combined with interests in other trade or business activities.
Consequently, a MID will not be disallowed solely because a transferred interest, when aggregated with interests held by family members, would be part of a controlling interest.
93-12, that in valuing the shares, a MID will not be disallowed solely because a transferred interest, when aggregated with interests held by other family members, would be part of a controlling interest, it ruled that the swing vote attributes of each block should be considered in determining the value of each share.
93-12 merely held that "a minority discount will not be disallowed solely because a transferred interest, when aggregated with interests held by other family members, would be part of a controlling interest." (Emphasis in original.)