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.

Words nearby with interest

with bated breath, with bells on, with flying colors, pass with, with good grace, with half a heart, with interest, with it, be, with one arm tied behind one's back, with one voice, with one's eyes open, with one's pants down