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Audio Help [vee-toh] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -toes, verb, -toed, -to·ing. | 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. |
| 7. | to reject (a proposed bill or enactment) by exercising a veto. |
| 8. | to prohibit emphatically. |
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n. pl. ve·toes
tr.v. ve·toed, ve·to·ing, ve·toes
[From Latin vetō, first person sing. present tense of vetāre, to forbid.] ve'to·er n. |
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veto (n.)
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| veto | |
noun | |
| 1. | a vote that blocks a decision |
| 2. | 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) |
verb | |
| 1. | vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill" |
| 2. | command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" [syn: forbid] [ant: allow] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
veto [ˈviːtəu] verb — 3rd person singular present tense ˈvetoes; past tense, past participle ˈvetoed
Example: They vetoed your suggestion.
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veto
A vote that blocks a decision. In the United Nations, for example, each of the five permanent members of the Security Council has the power of veto.
[Chapter:] World Politics
| The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
veto
The power of a president or governor to reject a bill proposed by a legislature by refusing to sign it into law. The president or governor actually writes the word veto (Latin for “I forbid”) on the bill and sends it back to the legislature with a statement of his or her objections. The legislature may choose to comply by withdrawing or revising the bill, or it can override the veto and pass the law, by a two-thirds vote in each house.
Note: Originally intended to prevent Congress from passing unconstitutional laws, the veto is now used by the president as a powerful bargaining tool, especially when his objectives conflict with majority sentiment in Congress. (See also checks and balances.)
[Chapter:] American Politics
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Main Entry: veto
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: ve·toed; ve·to·ing
: to refuse to admit or approve; specifically
: to refuse assent to (a legislative bill) so as to prevent enactment or cause reconsideration —see also OVERRIDE
| Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc. |
Main Entry: ve·to
Pronunciation: 'vE-tO
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural ve·toes
Etymology: Latin, I forbid, refuse assent to
1 : an authoritative prohibition
2 a : a power vested in a chief executive to prevent permanently or temporarily the enactment of measures passed by a legislature
b : the exercise of such authority —see also POCKET VETO —compare LEGISLATIVE VETO
| Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc. |
Veto
Ve"to\, n.; pl. Vetoes. [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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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