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
The suit vest has come out from under in street style and is being styled in many different ways. Irene Kim, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2022 The vest is made of thousands of shielding cores that can protect vital human organs against solar energy particles. Ashley Strickland, CNN, 1 Sep. 2022 For all his mustachioed cheer, Vinton kept a lot under the vest — and surely that included his disappointments. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Aug. 2022 Shortly after the child put the vest on, a lifeguard arrived on a personal watercraft to bring him back to shore. Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2022 In Pickering's video he can be heard telling an officer that he was hit in his chest and later, having another officer inspect his body to ensure the bulletproof vest had protected him from being wounded. Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 20 July 2022 The brightly colored vest comes with reflective trim for nighttime visibility and two metal D-rings make leash-connecting easy. Kelley Rebori, Popular Mechanics, 21 June 2022 Lopez layered the corset-like zip-front vest over a floor-skimming dress with hip cut-outs. Sam Reed, Glamour, 6 June 2022 Weighing just over four ounces and made of thin, stretchy nylon mesh that yields a second-skin fit, this sleek vest is ideal for racing. Anna Callaghan, Outside Online, 27 May 2022
Verb
Auer to vest him during the mass, dressing him as a priest for the first time. Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 27 Aug. 2022 The point of an agreement is so workers don’t pay twice for a single retirement plan, don’t pay once for no retirement plan, or work for some time but not long enough to fully vest in a retirement plan. Michael Taylor, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Aug. 2022 The new calculation will exclude certain components that officers don’t actually take home, such as share grants that have yet to vest. Mark Maurer, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022 Others left the company before their shares could vest. Jemima Mcevoy, Forbes, 29 June 2022 The bill would vest the Census Bureau director with all technical, operational and statistical decisions for the once-a-decade census. Mike Schneider, ajc, 14 July 2022 The company awarded him a pay package of $178.6 million for 2021, much of it in stock and option awards that vest over three to five years and are contingent on increases in its share price. Theo Francis, WSJ, 19 May 2022 The warrant shares will vest over time based on discretionary payments by Amazon of up to $200 million. Maria Armental, WSJ, 7 Feb. 2022 Had Johnson stayed at Apple long enough for the grants to vest, his shares would today be worth $1.1 billion. Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 5 May 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
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