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• present participle of vest.

vesting

American  

[ves-ting] / ˈvɛs tɪŋ /

noun

1. cloth that is usually of medium or heavy weight and has figures or ridges, as piqué, jacquard, dobby silk, or Bedford cord, originally used for decorative vests and now also for a variety of other garments.

2. the granting to an eligible employee of the right to specified pension benefits, regardless of discontinued employment status, usually after a fixed period of employment.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• nonvesting
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of vesting

First recorded in 1805–15; vest (noun) + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

That money often comes with strings attached; about half of employees might have a vesting schedule where you can only keep the funds if you stay with the company for a certain amount of time.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

According to ISS, another eyebrow-raising element was that the vast majority of Zaslav’s estimated compensation — over 94% — was being derived by the automatic acceleration of stock vesting and the excise tax gross-up payment.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

The rationale for vesting awesome powers in a politically insulated central bank is that sage technocrats will make wise decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Part of the award starts vesting if GameStop’s market value reaches $20 billion and a measure of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization reaches $2 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Peter instituted a supervision over the autonomous Ukrainian administration, vesting authority in Muscovite officers, through whose hands passed everything pertaining to the hetman's chancellery.

From Memorandum to the Government of the United States on the Recognition of the Ukrainian People's Republic by Batchinsky, Julian