n.

1. A sleeveless garment, often having buttons down the front, worn usually over a shirt or blouse and sometimes as part of a three-piece suit.
2. A waist-length, sleeveless garment worn for protection: a warm down vest; a bulletproof vest.
3. A fabric trim worn to fill in the neckline of a woman's garment; a vestee.
4. Chiefly British. An undershirt.
5. 1. Archaic. Clothing; raiment.
   2. Obsolete. An ecclesiastical vestment.

v., vest·ed, vest·ing, vests.

v.tr.

1. To place (authority, property, or rights, for example) in the control of a person or group, especially to give someone an immediate right to present or future possession or enjoyment of (an estate, for example). Used with in: vested his estate in his daughter.
2. To invest or endow (a person or group) with something, such as power or rights. Used with with: vested the council with broad powers; vests its employees with full pension rights after five years of service.
3. To clothe or robe, as in ecclesiastical vestments.

v.intr.

1. To become legally vested.
2. To dress oneself, especially in ecclesiastical vestments.

[French veste, robe, from Italian vesta, from Latin vestis, garment.]

To become owned, as when an employee has worked for the company long enough to be entitled to a pension; at that time, even if the employee then resigns, the pension is vested.

To create an entitlement to a privilege or right.
Example: By crossing Baker's property regularly for 20 years, Abel's right to an easement became vested. Baker can no longer prevent Abel from crossing.
Example: If she stays employed by the same Brokerage firm for 10 years, Collins' right to a pension will vest.

v

Definition: authorize, entrust
Antonyms: disapprove

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To give an immediate, fixed right of present or future enjoyment.

The term vest is significant in the law, because it means that a person has an absolute right to some present or future interest in something of value. When a right has vested, the person is legally entitled to what has been promised and may seek relief in court if the benefit is not given.

In U.S. property law a vested remainder is a future interest held by an identifiable person (the remainderman), which, upon the happening of a certain event, will become the remainderman's. When property is given to one person for life and, at the person's death, the property is to go to another living person, this second person has a vested remainder in the property.

A vested legacy is an inheritance given in such terms that there is a fixed, irrevocable right to its payment. For example, a legacy contained in a will that states that the inheritance shall not be paid until the person reaches the age of twenty-one is a vested legacy, because it is given unconditionally and absolutely and therefore vests an immediate interest in the person receiving the legacy. Only the enjoyment of the legacy is deferred or postponed.

In contemporary U.S. law the term vesting refers to the right that an employee acquires to various employer-contributed benefits, such as a pension, after having been employed for a requisite number of years. The federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974 (29 U.S.C.A. § 1001 et seq.) governs the funding, vesting, administration, and termination of employee benefit plans. ERISA was enacted as a result of congressional dissatisfaction with private pension plans. Under some plans an employee's pension benefits did not vest before retirement or vested only after such a long period of time (as long as thirty years) that few employees ever became entitled to them. ERISA ensures that all pension benefits will vest within a reasonable time. Once pension benefits are vested, an employee has the right to them even if the employment relationship terminates before the employee retires.

In constitutional law vested rights are those that are so completely and definitely settled in a person that they are not subject to defeat or cancellation by the act of any other private person. Once a person can prove to a court the validity of the vested rights, the court will recognize and protect these rights so as to prevent injustice.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - undertrøje, uldtrøje, snydebluse, vest
v. tr. - klæde på, overdrage, tilfalde, overgå til, iføre, udstyre med
v. intr. - få retsgyldighed

idioms:

• vested interest    overdraget andel

Nederlands (Dutch)
onderhemd, kledij, vest, mouwloos jasje, kleden (m.n. met kerkelijke gewaden), in handen geven van, een bepaald recht/bezit toekennen, toegekend worden aan

Français (French)
n. - maillot de corps, débardeur, (US) gilet
v. tr. - conférer (à), transférer à (une propriété), investir qn d'un (droit)
v. intr. - (Relig) revêtir (l'habit sacerdotal), être/devenir officiellement investi

idioms:

• vested interest    (gén) intérêt personnel, (Jur) droit acquis

Deutsch (German)
n. - Unterhemd, Weste
v. - übertragen, ausstatten

idioms:

• vested interest    wohlerworbenes Recht, persönliches Interesse

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - φανέλα (εσώρουχο), γιλέκο
v. - περιβάλλω (με εξουσίες κ.λπ.), παραχωρώ, παρέχω, εξουσιοδοτώ, νομιμοποιώ

idioms:

• vested interest    κεκτημένο δικαίωμα ή προνόμιο

Italiano (Italian)
maglietta, panciotto, giubbotto

idioms:

• is/are vested    è/sono conferito/i
• vested interest    interessi in gioco

Português (Portuguese)
n. - colete (m), camiseta (f), vestimenta (f)
v. - investir, revestir, vestir

idioms:

• vested interest    direito adquirido

Русский (Russian)
наделять полномочиями, облачать, инвестировать, нижняя рубашка, жилет

idioms:

• vested interest    капиталовложение, закрепленные законом имущественные права, заинтересованные круги

Español (Spanish)
n. - camiseta, chaleco, chaqueta, túnica
v. tr. - vestir, investir, conferir, conceder
v. intr. - vestirse, revestirse, pasar

idioms:

• vested interest    interés personal, derecho adquirido

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tröja, väst
v. - ikläda, förläna

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
汗衫, 内衣, 背心, 使穿衣服, 授予, 穿衣服, 归属

idioms:

• vested interest    特权阶级, 既得权利

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 汗衫, 內衣, 背心
v. tr. - 使穿衣服, 授予
v. intr. - 穿衣服, 歸屬

idioms:

• vested interest    特權階級, 既得權利

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 조끼, 내의, 성직복
v. tr. - 의복을 입히다, 투자하다, (재산,권한 등을)부여하다
v. intr. - 의복을 입다, (권력 등이) 주어지다, 소유가 되다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ベスト, 肌着

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) صدريه, قميص تحتي (فعل) لبس, البس, منح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חזיה, לסוטה, מעיל חסר-שרוולים, גופיה‬
v. tr. - ‮הלביש, העניק, נתן סמכות, היקנה, מסר לידי‬
v. intr. - ‮לבש, נמסר לעידי‬

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vest	Tweed Vest
Travel Vest	Tactical Vest