- keen
- keen keen [kiːn] adjective1. if competition is keen, people are trying very hard to get an advantage over others doing the same thing:
• Business has become scarcer, competition keener and profit margins slimmer.
• These properties are likely to attract keen bidding in a buoyant property market.
— keenly adverb :• the keenly-competitive pasta sauce market
2. keen prices, rates etc are low when compared to competitors' prices etc:• London's present system provides keen prices for actively traded stocks.
• the opportunity to achieve the keenest interest rates
3. if someone is keen, they are very eager or interested in doing something:• Investors already have shown keen interest in the $100 million issue.
keen on• Japanese investors are keen on obtaining more foreign assets.
keen to do something• The Swiss group is said to be keen to buy a stake in the company.
— keenly adverb :• He is keenly interested in a possible deal.
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keen UK US /kiːn/ adjective► if competition between people or businesses is keen, they are using a lot of effort to be more successful than the others: »Some firms are diversifying their businesses in response to keen competition.
► UK if prices are keen, they are lower and offer more value than others: »Superstores may offer keen prices that small-town shops cannot match.
► UK very interested in something or eager to do something: »A keen member of two local investment clubs, he runs portfolios of shares for both himself and his wife.
a keen interest in sth »Among the foundation's donors are corporations with a keen interest in issues before the legislature.
keen on sth »Like every banker these days, he is keen on managing other people's wealth.
keen to do sth »The company is keen to expand beyond the UK.
Financial and business terms. 2012.
