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UK
/vˈɛst/
]
[ US /ˈvɛst/ ]
[ US /ˈvɛst/ ]
VERB
-
become legally vested
The property vests in the trustees - clothe oneself in ecclesiastical garments
-
place (authority, property, or rights) in the control of a person or group of persons
She vested her vast fortune in her two sons - clothe formally; especially in ecclesiastical robes
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provide with power and authority
They vested the council with special rights
NOUN
- a man's sleeveless garment worn underneath a coat
- a collarless men's undergarment for the upper part of the body
How To Use vest In A Sentence
- This came out of an investigation he was carrying out into when a ternary quartic form could be represented as the sum of five fourth powers of linear forms.
- Three healthcare assistants have been charged after an investigation into the alleged abuse of elderly hospital patients. Times, Sunday Times
- But I do know there is a greater prospect he will seek a bit of equity in the distribution of investment and development of infrastructure than the present triumvirate.
- A repair job is bad enough; but an investment in managerial ego is worse. MANAGING FOR RESULTS
- During the take-over battle the stock quotations of both enterprises rose so that an investor would have to wait several hundred years to finance the purchase price of the shares from the present level of profits.
- Large numbers of vestal moths and a few crimson speckled moths, both normally resident in the Mediterranean, have been seen on the south-west and south-east coasts and in Gwynedd.
- Mr. Sorapong, 35 years old, selected industrial estate developers Hemaraj Land & Development PCL and Amata Corporation PCL among his top picks, with Hemaraj returning 147% over the course of 2010 and Amata providing a 99% return on investment. Real Estate
- Much investigative journalism involves some form of subterfuge. Times, Sunday Times
- If you don't invest in these shares, you're saying no to a fortune.
- Another harvest has failed, and international aid agencies warn of the threat of mass starvation.