1. fabrics used for making vests or waistcoats
Usage: textile industry
2. the process or act of granting ownership rights, especially in employee benefit plans
Usage: business; finance

Examples

• The tailor shop displayed various vestings in silk and wool.
• Fine vestings were imported from Italy for the custom suits.
• The company’s vestings policy requires five years of employment.
• Stock option vestings occur gradually over four years.
• Employee vestings in the pension plan begin after one year.
• The vestings schedule determines when benefits become fully owned.