Meaning of interest group In English

• 0 a group or organization with particular aims and ideas that tries to influence the government:

  • There's too much lobbying by special interest groups.

• 1 a group of people or organizations who work to support an interest, principle, etc. that they all have:

  • Local residents who oppose the new supermarket have formed an interest group that is impossible to ignore.

  • Company bosses are meeting with unions and other interest groups to discuss the pay offer.