Vest : (미국)조끼, (영국)셔츠안에 입는 속옷, 러닝셔츠, (법적 권리·권한 등을) 주다, 부여하다, (부동산 소유권을) ~에게 귀속시키다, (연금제도/스톡옵션의 행사권이) 부여되다
Vested Interest : 기득권, 확정적 권리
1)
a vest, in the US, is a waistcoat
if you wear three-piece suit, you will have a waistcoat which is a top but it has no sleeves, this is the American call a vest
but in the UK, a vest is called as a waistcoat
2)
a vest, in the UK, is a piece of underwear
a vest is what you wear underneath of shirt
a vest, a piece of clothing without arms that goes underneath your shirt
the vest is worn underneath your shirt
a piece of underwear
if you don't want to be cold in winter, you sould wear a thermal vest or a string vest or a cotton vest
3)
to vest, to give somebody the power to do something
the power of the nation or political power is vested in the parliament
when a priest at a wedding says by the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife
to vest a power in somebody
to give them a power or a right to do something
a policement is vested with powers of arrest
powers of arrest are vested in a policeman
to vest, to give someone the legal right, the legal power to do something or property
this new law vested the government with power to confiscate any moeny made illegally
the power to do this was cested in the committee was placed with the committe
the company vested the managing director with the autority to borrow money and make loans on behalf of the company
he vested his wealth in his children upon his death
to vest as well, to come into the possession of something
after he died, his wealth wested in his children
4)
we have a phrase a vested interest
if somebody has a vested intereset, they have a particular reason for acting because they want to protect themselves, they want to protect their money or their power or their reputation
the rich have a vested interest in not changing the system, they have something to lose if the system changes
if you have a vested interest, you are participating with a benefit from soemthing
5)
notice in business and finance
a pension plan can vest
right for an employee can vest
it means that you must work for the company for a period of time before you can use that right
the right to a pension becomes fully vested after five years
a share option vests after the worker has been working for a certian amount of time
it means they have the power to use this after a particular period of time has gone by
stock options vest after you've been working for a certain number of years, they become yours, you have the right to use them
Formality : 5 for as a waistcoat in the US and as an underwear in the UK
Formality : 7 for the power vested in me
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