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 vesting
 賦予權利; 保留退休金的權利

 Vest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vested; p. pr. & vb. n. Vesting.]
 1. To clothe with, or as with, a vestment, or garment; to dress; to robe; to cover, surround, or encompass closely.
    Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.   --Milton.
    With ether vested, and a purple sky.   --Dryden.
 2. To clothe with authority, power, or the like; to put in possession; to invest; to furnish; to endow; -- followed by with before the thing conferred; as, to vest a court with power to try cases of life and death.
    Had I been vested with the monarch's power.   --Prior.
 3. To place or give into the possession or discretion of some person or authority; to commit to another; -- with in before the possessor; as, the power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.
    Empire and dominion was [were] vested in him.   --Locke.
 4. To invest; to put; as, to vest money in goods, land, or houses.  [R.]
 5. Law To clothe with possession; as, to vest a person with an estate; also, to give a person an immediate fixed right of present or future enjoyment of; as, an estate is vested in possession.

 Vest·ing n. Cloth for vests; a vest pattern.
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