VETO

veto

(noun) a vote that blocks a decision

veto

(noun) the power or right to prohibit or reject a proposed or intended act (especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature)

forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix

(verb) command against; “I forbid you to call me late at night”; “Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store”; “Dad nixed our plans”

veto, blackball, negative

(verb) vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; “The President vetoed the bill”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

veto (plural vetoes or vetos)

A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.

An invocation of that right.

An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

Verb

veto (third-person singular simple present vetoes, present participle vetoing, simple past and past participle vetoed)

(transitive) To use a veto against.

Anagrams

• Vote, to've, vote

Source: Wiktionary

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Ve"to, n.; pl. Vetoes (. Etym: [L. veto I forbid.]

1. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction. This contemptuous veto of her husband's on any intimacy with her family. G. Eliot.

2. Specifically: -- (a) A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power. (b) The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes. (c) A document or message communicating the reasons of the executive for not officially approving a proposed law; -- called also veto message. [U.S.]

Note: Veto is not a term employed in the Federal Constitution, but seems to be of popular use only. Abbott.

Ve"to, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vetoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Vetoing.]

Definition: To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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