3 : a plain or decorative piece used to fill in the front neckline of a woman”s outer garment (such as a blouse or dress)
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1a : to grant or endow with a particular authority, right, or property the plan vests workers with pension benefits after 10 years of service
b : to place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority especially : to give to a person a legally fixed immediate right of present or future enjoyment of (such as an estate)
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vestlike ˈvest-ˌlīk
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Verb “By the power vested in me by the state,” intoned the minister, “I now pronounce that you are married” vested the power to access their retirement accounts with their attorney
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Another Al Jazeera journalist, Ali Samoudi, who was also wearing a protective vest, was shot in the back. — New York Times, 26 May 2022 To continue to do so could earn a repeat of events like the yellow vest social protest movement, which launched in 2018. — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2022 His first term was rocked by the yellow vest protests against social injustice, the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. — Sylvie Corbet, ajc, 23 Apr. 2022 His supporters watched in silence as scenes passed of violent yellow vest protests, overwhelmed coronavirus field hospitals and French troops being withdrawn from Mali. — Washington Post, 17 Apr. 2022 Macron improved on his first-round showing in 2017, despite his presidency being rocked by the yellow vest movement, the pandemic and Russia”s war in Ukraine. — Sylvie Corbet, USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2022 Macron improved on his first-round showing in 2017, despite his presidency being rocked by the yellow vest movement, the pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine. — Sylvie Corbet, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2022 France’s yellow-vest movement started in 2018 after President Emmanuel Macron announced new fuel taxes that would hit drivers. — Bojan Pancevski, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2022 In the rich world, this is to avoid following in the embarrassing footsteps of French President Emmanuel Macron who had to backtrack to the yellow vest movement after proposing a modest hike to gasoline prices. — Bjorn Lomborg, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb The new compensation package was designed to keep Dimon at the helm of the bank for the next five years by awarding him 1.5 million stock options that vest in 2026. — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 18 May 2022 The deal involved an unusual incentive structure in which Arm and Marvell received warrants for Marvell stock that would vest if certain revenue targets for the ThunderX were hit. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 13 May 2022 TikTok began letting some employees convert their bonuses into RSUs that would vest immediately. — Georgia Wells, WSJ, 6 May 2022 This is just one example of an approach when shares vest. — Bruce Brumberg, Forbes, 17 June 2021 Frank Slootman, who took over as CEO of software company Snowflake in 2019, received 13.7 million shares that vest monthly over a four-year stretch. — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 6 May 2022 For the same year, Emanuel was granted a compensation package worth $308 million on paper — most of that inflated by the value of stock awards that won’t vest for years but have to be accounted for all at once, hence the eye-popping number. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 29 Apr. 2022 In this situation, an executive doesn’t wait the standard four years for equity to fully vest. — Thanh Nguyen, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022 Nearly all of Jassy”s compensation comes in the form of stock options that will vest over 10 years, according to the filing. — Catherine Thorbecke, CNN, 1 Apr. 2022 See More
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First Known Use of vest
Noun
1613, in the meaning defined at sense 4
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1b
History and Etymology for vest
Noun
French veste, from It, from Latin vestis garment
Verb
Middle English, from Anglo-French vestir to clothe, invest, vest, from Latin vestire to clothe, from vestis clothing, garment — more at wear
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The first known use of vest was in the 15th century
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