vesting

[ ves-ting ]

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.

Other Words From

• non·vesting adjective noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of vesting¹

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

Example Sentences

A bill brought into the English parliament vesting in the crown all the property of the monastic institutions.

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Aristotle dissents from Plato on the point of always vesting the governing functions in the same hands.

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The rule with respect to the vesting of legacies payable out of real estate is somewhat different.

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The responsibility of vesting any man or any woman with such power was immense.

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Nature's resplendent robe; without whose vesting beauty all were wrapt in gloom.

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