vest
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Is vest a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (Canada, US) A sleeveless garment that buttons down the front, worn over a shirt, and often as part of a suit; a waistcoat.Examples: "The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on them."Synonyms: waistcoatCanadaUS
2. (British) A sleeveless garment, often with a low-cut neck, usually worn under a shirt or blouse.Synonyms: singlet, tank top, undershirtBritish
3. (now rare) A loose robe or outer garment worn historically by men in Arab or Middle Eastern countries.archaic
verb (English)
1. (chiefly passive) To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.Examples: "Came vested all in white, pure as her mind."; "With ether vested, and a purple sky."passive
2. (law) To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.Examples: "to vest a person with an estate"; "an estate is vested in possession"; "For the right of the crown vests[…]upon his heir."
3. (law, intransitive) (of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended.Examples: "Upon the death of the Sovereign the Crown automatically vests in the next heir without the need of coronation or other formality."intransitive
4. (finance, intransitive) To become vested, to become permanent.Examples: "My pension vests at the end of the month and then I can take it with me when I quit."; "If you doubt that you'll stick around at the company long enough for your options to vest, you should discount the value for that uncertainty as well."; "2007, Ransey Guy Cole, Jr. (United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit), Roger Miller Music, Inc. v. Sony ATV Publishing, LLC Sony interpreted 17 U.S.C. § 304 as requiring that the author be alive at the start of the copyright renewal term for the author’s prior assignments to vest."intransitive
5. (obsolete) To invest; to put.Examples: "to vest money in goods, land, or houses"obsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary