vest
noun
a close-fitting, waist-length, sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, designed to be worn under a jacket.
have vested
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present perfectof vest.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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During the past two decades, SpaceX has hired thousands of staff and granted them boatloads of restricted stock units, incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options that have vested over time.
From MarketWatch ● May 7, 2026
Musk hasn’t yet exercised any of the options that have vested thus far; in McCormick’s view, that makes reversing the pay package a relatively simple matter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
Of course, it goes without saying that many Italians and Italian-Americans alike have vested, entrenched opinions about their foods.
From Salon ● Apr. 2, 2023
“It’s awesome because everybody who sits in that room or everybody who has a seat at the table, we all have vested interest,” Spikes said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
Neither does the pardon affect any rights which have vested in others directly by the execution of the judgment for the offence, or which have been acquired by others whilst that judgment was in force.
From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Edward Samuel Corwin
