vest

A piece of clothing covering your upper body, with no parts covering your arms.

• He wore a warm vest.
• These vests have no sleeves.
• She put a vest over her shirt.

Common phrases: wear a vest, cotton vest, warm vest

A piece of clothing without sleeves that buttons over a shirt, often worn with a suit.

• His vest matched his suit.
• The waiter wore a black vest over his shirt.
• She bought two vests for the wedding.

Similar words: waistcoat

Common phrases: suit vest, buttoned vest, vest and tie

To give power or control to a person or organization.

• They vest authority in the director.
• The constitution vested power in parliament.
• Control is vested in an elected committee.

How to use it: vest something in someone/something (The law vests this power in the council.)

Similar words: confer, assign

Common phrases: vest power in, vest authority in, vest someone with, vest a court

To give someone a definite legal right to own or receive property.

• The deed vests him with ownership.
• The will vested the child with rights to the estate.
• These provisions vest beneficiaries with fixed property rights.

How to use it: vest someone with something (The agreement vests her with ownership of the estate.)

Similar words: endow

Common phrases: vest someone with, vest property rights