VESTING Synonyms: 162 Similar and Opposite Words

vesting

verb

present participle of vest

as in enabling

to give official or legal power to "By the power vested in me by the state," intoned the minister, "I now pronounce that you are married"

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as in handing

to put (something) into the possession or safekeeping of another vested the power to access their retirement accounts with their attorney

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as in granting

to give the ownership or benefit of (something) formally or publicly the U.S. Constitution vests the power to declare war with Congress

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Recent Examples of vesting Asking thoughtful questions about vesting acceleration, downside protection or how prior leadership teams have ultimately realized value is not a sign of skepticism. —

Sharon Olson, Forbes.com, 12 Mar. 2026 This would allow vesting over a much shorter period of time, supporting teachers who may be starting later in their career and want to retire sooner. —

Mark Batinick, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026 Rooker, 31, got a five-year contract with a vesting option. —

Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026 The first tranche vests with the initial 1-gigawatt of shipments, with additional tranches vesting as Meta’s purchases scale to 6 gigawatts. —

Michelle Chapman, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for vesting

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The fiasco left aspiring translators in Korea, most of them people of color, with one less route into the profession, further enabling white people’s social and actual capital to be kept within their possession.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
The new exciton-polariton platform avoided part of that problem by enabling all-optical switching, where one light signal directly controls another without converting anything into electricity.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026