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2 dictionary results for: Vetoes
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ve·to       [vee-toh] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -toes, verb, -toed, -to·ing.
–noun
1.the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, esp. the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
2.the exercise of this right.
3.Also called veto message. a document exercising such right and setting forth the reasons for such action.
4.a nonconcurring vote by which one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council can overrule the actions or decisions of the meeting on matters other than procedural.
5.an emphatic prohibition of any sort.
6.pocket veto.
–verb (used with object)
7.to reject (a proposed bill or enactment) by exercising a veto.
8.to prohibit emphatically.
Also called veto power (for defs. 1, 4).

[Origin: 1620–30; < L vetō I forbid]

—Related forms
ve·to·er, noun
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ve·to       (vē'tō)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. ve·toes
    1. The vested power or constitutional right of one branch or department of government to refuse approval of measures proposed by another department, especially the power of a chief executive to reject a bill passed by the legislature and thus prevent or delay its enactment into law.
    2. Exercise of this right.
    3. An official document or message from a chief executive stating the reasons for rejection of a bill.
  2. An authoritative prohibition or rejection of a proposed or intended act.

tr.v.   ve·toed, ve·to·ing, ve·toes
  1. To prevent (a legislative bill) from becoming law by exercising the power of veto.
  2. To forbid or prohibit authoritatively.


[From Latin vetō, first person sing. present tense of vetāre, to forbid.]

ve'to·er n.
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