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vesting

vesting

4 7.6
The way a person gains full rights to property or benefits after meeting conditions
  • noun
  • /ˈvɛstɪŋ/
  • Specialized
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  • It's a pleasure to welcome you to our annual Thinkquanaut vesting ceremony!
  • vesting clause
  • vesting rights
  • vesting rules

All right, so with that, I'm Andy Tanner, vesting enthusiast.

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Examples

  • After three years of steady work, Maria finally achieved full vesting in her company pension plan.

  • All the authors in a joint work are co-owners of the work, with copyright vesting in all the authors.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The idea of two years with a vesting option makes sense for both sides.

    Blog text (33)
  • Okay, Steve, we have six months until the vesting ceremony.

  • For example, everyone had single-trigger 100% vesting, even people who had been around for less than a year.

    Blog text (11)
  • I wonder if the Mets might also include a vesting option or two at the end of the deal.

    Blog text (25)
  • So that makes me a little bit nervous that you've got a lot of life changing money technically locked up in a vesting schedule.

  • In private equity, juniors' vesting periods for carried interest remuneration can be up to nine years.

    Blog text (27)
  • The vesting schedule for stock options typically rewards employees for staying with the company long-term.

  • He was delighted to learn about the new vesting rules that would allow him to access his benefits sooner.

Antonyms

divestment
  • Literature
3 6.0

Selling investments or parts of a company to stop owning them

Surface Forms

vesting singular
vestings plural

Morphology

vesting = vest (transparent) = vest + ing

Formed directly from the verb 'vest' with the nominal/gerundive '-ing' indicating the process or act of granting rights, so the meaning is compositionally derivable.

Etymology

Vesting comes from the old verb vest, from a Latin word meaning 'to clothe'. Think of it as 'dressing' someone with rights: when rights or benefits are vested, the person is 'clothed' with them and they cannot easily be taken away. So, vesting is the process of giving a person full legal rights or ownership after certain conditions or a period of time are met.