Definition of veto Veto
/viˈtow/ - [veetow] - ve•to
We found 17 definitions of veto from 6 different sources.
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What does veto mean?
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NounPlural: vetoes |
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| veto - a vote that blocks a decision | ||
| balloting, voting, ballot, vote a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting | ||
| veto - 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) | ||
| powerfulness, power possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade" | ||
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| veto - vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill" | ||
| blackball, negative | ||
| controvert, contradict, oppose deny the truth of | ||
| vote out, defeat, vote down, shoot down, kill destroy a vitally essential quality of or in; "Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods" | ||
| veto - command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" | ||
| forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, disallow, nix | ||
| countenance, permit, let, allow consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" | ||
| require, command make someone do something | ||
| ban prohibit especially by legal means or social pressure; "Smoking is banned in this building" | ||
| debar, bar, exclude prevent the occurrence of; prevent from happening; "Let's avoid a confrontation"; "head off a confrontation"; "avert a strike" | ||
| enjoin issue an injunction | ||
| criminalise, illegalise, illegalize, outlaw, criminalize declare illegal; outlaw; "Marijuana is criminalized in the U.S." | ||
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Wiktionary 
- veto (Noun)
A political right to disapprove of and thereby stop the process of a decision, a law etc. - veto (Noun)
An invocation of that right. - veto (Noun)
An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction. - veto (Verb)
To use a veto against.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- veto (n.)
An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction. - veto (n.)
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. - veto (n.)
The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes. - veto (n.)
A document or message communicating the reasons of the executive for not officially approving a proposed law; -- called also veto message. - veto (v. t.)
To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill.
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veto
To use one's influence or rights to prevent something from being done. -
veto
To tell not to do something.
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A right of veto means that somebody can stop decisions or legislation.
For example, the president of the United States of America has veto power over the USA's parliament. This means that he can stop laws or bills from being passed.
Similarly, the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (The United States of America, the United Kingdom, China, Russia and France) each have veto power. Using this, they can stop the security council's decisions from being passed and becoming resolutions.
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