A surname from German.

(now rare) To try to find or attain; to seek.

Mindful of, or promoting, only one's own interests. / (military, of a missile, not comparable) That searches for a target automatically.

The selfish promotion of one's own interests.

Alternative form of rent-seeking.

(economics) The attempt to profit by manipulating the economic or political environment, for example, by seeking governmental action that restricts entry into a market.

Exhibiting behaviors designed to attract the admiration, or disapproval, of others. Flamboyant; theatrical.

(sociology) Behaviour that is characterized by both the desire and the ability to progress towards an ideal by choosing a new goal when a previous one has been met or the effort to meet it has failed.

The negative pole of a magnetic dipole, which seeks geographic south.

The positive pole of a magnetic dipole, which seeks geographic north.