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English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: veto
veto
Indonesian → English (quick)
Definition: veto
veto
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: veto
veto
n 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)
v 1: vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent;
“The
President vetoed the bill” [syn:
blackball,
negative]
2: command against;
“I forbid you to call me late at night”;
“Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store” [syn:
forbid,
prohibit,
interdict,
proscribe,
disallow] [ant:
permit,
permit]
[also:
vetoes (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Veto
Veto
\Ve"to\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Vetoed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vetoing.]
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
\Ve"to\, n.; pl.
Vetoes. [L. veto I forbid.]
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1. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an
interdiction.
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This contemptuous veto of her husband's on any
intimacy with her family. --G. Eliot.
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2. Specifically:
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(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
.
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(b) The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition
or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill
passes.
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(c) A document or message communicating the reasons of the
executive for not officially approving a proposed law;
-- called also
veto message. [U. S.]
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Note: Veto is not a term employed in the Federal
Constitution, but seems to be of popular use only.
--Abbott.
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