vesting
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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.
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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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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
On top of that, some startups have gotten rid of vesting cliffs altogether, meaning an employee owns his or her shares from the moment they start working for the company.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
But high employee turnover in the industry often prevents those shares from vesting, Luria pointed out.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026
OpenAI countered Meta’s offers with bonuses, and in December, got rid of its vesting cliff, meaning that new employees no longer had to wait for their stock to vest.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
If you had only to guard against vesting an undue power in certain great officers of state your work would be comparatively easy.
From Essays on the Constitution of the United States by Ford, Paul Leicester
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