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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

• nonvesting
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of vesting

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

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

vesting

UMA “distributes resolution authority across a transparent, marketwide framework rather than vesting it in any single decision maker,” she added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 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

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

Local control was partially effected, as in the other provinces, by vesting the appointment of all officials, except the deputy postmaster general and the inspector, in the lieutenant governor.

From The History of the Post Office in British North America by Sir William Smith