Definitions for veto

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veto ve·to

Spelling: [vee-toh]

IPA: /ˈvi toʊ/

Veto is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 28 anagrams from letters in veto (eotv).

Definitions for veto

noun

1. the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially 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)

1. to reject (a proposed bill or enactment) by exercising a veto.
2. to prohibit emphatically.

Origin of veto

First recorded in 1620-30, veto is from the Latin word vetō I forbid

Examples for veto

With the second veto on Friday, however, all bets seemed to be off.

He used his veto on the laws, for instance, and otherwise exercised his prerogatives.

And the Turkish nation had no opportunity to sanction or veto their resolve.

An effort was made to carry it over the Governor's veto, but it failed.

Was it a mistake to veto the bill that would have curtailed such furloughs?

Immediately, there was a national groundswell of voices calling for Arizona Governor Jan Brewer to veto the bill.

For if the English Parliament have the power to veto our wishes, where's the difference?

In fact, because the House never voted, he never got the chance to sign or veto anything.

An important act of the legislature awaited his signature or veto.

In his veto message, Christie also chided Democratic lawmakers for “using their lawmaking authority to play politics.”