having a present right to the immediate or future possession and enjoyment of property
Compare contingent
vested in American English
(ˈvɛstɪd)
adjective
1.
clothed; robed, esp. in church vestments
2.
including a vest (sense 1) vest (sense 1a)
said of a man's suit
3. Law
not contingent upon anything; fixed; settled; absolute
a vested right
Word origin
pp. of vest
Examples of 'vested' in a sentence
vested
Yes, he has a vested interest representing the legal trade but he also represents victims.
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No vested or powerful interests escape scrutiny for long.
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Roughly half the money is for vested share awards under his bonus scheme in his old role.
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There is a great vested interest in keeping this going and they need to look at that.
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There are too many people with vested interests to let him go on like that.
various & introduction by Deirdre Chapman A Roomful of Birds - Scottish short stories 1990 (1990)
But powerful vested interests conspire against the fuller figure.
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All were upsetting too many vested interests.
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But he is taking on powerful vested interests.
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Both harnessed powerful vested interests to launch their political careers.
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The latter will work but inevitably draw a storm of protest from small but vocal vested interest groups.
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They misunderstand the cultures and desires of the indigenous peoples and misread the political realities facing western governments and financial vested interests.
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If we leave, what do we do about vested rights?
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And it's all about vested interests.
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Politicians don't like implementing structural reforms because they inevitably involve confronting powerful vested interests.
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Too many vested interests prefer to continue with the corruption, possibilities for cheating and the regime of light discipline for offenders.
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In an age of deep scepticism about politicians and the financial influence of vested interests in thepolitical process, it spells potential disaster.
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A mayor would have to undertake to look after the whole place and avoid vested interests, he argues.
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This is very, very hard work, because there are so many vested interests.
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Or, of course, it could get buried under a mountain of entrenched values and vested interests.
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This is where the sugar daddy - a benefactor with a strictly financial vested interest - could step in.
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Such groups were increasingly seen as "reactionary" apologists for "vested interest groups ", rather than defenders of a relevant, broad and universal political philosophy.