vesting

The word “vesting” has 2 syllables: vest-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈvɛstɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for vesting?

In the thesaurus, “vesting” has 101 synonyms and 59 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for vesting along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for vesting

according
accrediting
advancing
affirming
allocating
allowing
appointing
appropriating
approving
assigning
authorizing
awarding
bequeathing
bestowing
certifying
chartering
clearing
commending
commissioning
committing
conferring
confiding
confirming
consigning
contributing
credentialing
credentialling
delegating
delivering
designating
dispensing
dispersing
distributing
dividing
donating
dubbing
empowering
enabling
endorsing
enfranchising
entitling
entrusting
extending
fixing
furnishing
giving
giving over
granting
handing
handing down
handing in
handing on
handing over
inaugurating
indorsing
inducting
initiating
installing
instating
intrusting
investing
leaving
lending
letting
licencing
licensing
loaning
naming
offering
okaying
passing
permitting
presenting
privileging
proffering
providing
qualifying
recommending
recommitting
redelivering
releasing
relinquishing
reposing
retransferring
retransmitting
sanctioning
setting
showing
submitting
supplying
surrendering
swearing in
transferring
transmitting
trusting
turning in
turning over
validating
warranting
willing
yielding

Antonyms for vesting

aborting
abrogating
accepting
annulling
banning
barring
blocking
calling
calling off
constraining
denying
detaining
disallowing
disbarring
discouraging
disenfranchising
disfranchising
disqualifying
dropping
enjoining
excluding
forbidding
hindering
holding
holding back
impeding
inhibiting
interdicting
invalidating
keeping
nullifying
obstructing
occupying
outlawing
owning
possessing
preventing
prohibiting
proscribing
recalling
recanting
receiving
repealing
rescinding
reserving
retaining
retracting
revoking
shutting out
stopping
taking
taking back
taking in
taking over
vetoing
voiding
withdrawing
withholding
writing off

Meanings of vesting

verb
1. To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
2. To clothe with authority, power, etc.; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; followed by with and the thing conferred.
3. To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; with in before the possessor.
4. To invest; to put.
5. To clothe with possession; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of.
6. (of an inheritance or a trust fund) To devolve upon the person currently entitled when a prior interest has ended.
7. (financial) To become vested, to become permanent.
noun
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.

Example Sentences

The company's policy includes a five-year vesting period for employee stock options.
His retirement plan requires full vesting before he can access all his benefits.
The contract outlines the vesting schedule for the equity shares.
Without meeting the required years of service, she won't complete her vesting.
The lawyer explained the importance of vesting rights in property ownership.

On this page you'll find 160 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to vesting, such as: aborting, abrogating, accepting, according, accrediting, advancing, affirming.

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