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vesting

vesting noun: the entitlement of an employee to receive the full benefit of a pension at normal retirement age or a reduced pension upon early retirement even upon change of employer before retirement. Also the present participle and gerund of vest.

Noun

vesting (countable and uncountable, plural vestings)

  1. The entitlement of an employee to receive the full benefit of a pension at normal retirement age or a reduced pension upon early retirement even upon change of employer before retirement.
  2. The entitlement of an employee to exercise a stock option after a predetermined period of time.
  3. Cloth for making vests.
  4. A vest pattern.

Also used as

vesting is also the present participle and gerund of vest.

Forms of vesting

pluralvestings

Words formed from vesting

Phrases with vesting

Questions about vesting

What does vesting mean?
Vesting means the entitlement of an employee to receive the full benefit of a pension at normal retirement age or a reduced pension upon early retirement even upon change of employer before retirement.
What part of speech is vesting?
Vesting is a noun.
What is the plural of vesting?
The plural of vesting is vestings.

Words near vesting in the dictionary

  1. vestimental
  2. vestimentary
  3. vestimentiferan
  4. vestimentiferans
  5. vestiments
  6. vesting
  7. vesting in interest
  8. vesting schedule
  9. vestings
  10. Vestini
  11. Vestinian

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