veto
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veto ve‧to [ˈviːtəʊ ǁ -toʊ] verb [transitive] LAW
to officially refuse to allow something to happen, especially something other people have agreed:
• An attempt to use £35 million to strengthen the bank's capital was vetoed by bank regulators.
— veto noun [countable] :
• Senior advisers have recommended a veto to the President.
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veto UK US /ˈviːtəʊ/ noun [C] (plural vetoes) GOVERNMENT, POLITICS
► have/use/threaten a veto »
The British government could use its veto to block the proposal.
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A two-thirds majority of the Senate would be needed to override the governor's veto of the bill.
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The permanent members of the Security Council all have veto powers.
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presidential veto
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the power/right of veto
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veto UK US /ˈviːtəʊ/ verb [T] (vetoed, vetoed, vetoing) GOVERNMENT, POLITICS
► veto a bill/deal/plan »
The President vetoed a bill that would have provided the program with an additional $35 billion over five years.
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The bid was vetoed by European competition authorities.
Financial and business terms.
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veto — veto … Dictionnaire des rimes
veto — ve·to 1 / vē tō/ n pl ve·toes [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… … Law dictionary
veto — VÉTO, vetouri, s.n. Drept excepţional pe care îl are cineva (recunoscut prin lege sau prin convenţii) de a se opune adoptării unei propuneri sau unei hotărâri; formulă prin care se exercită acest drept. – Din lat., fr. veto. Trimis de RACAI,… … Dicționar Român
Veto — Sn Einspruch erw. fach. (18. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus frz. veto m., einer Hypostase von l. veto ich verbiete , zu l. vetāre verbieten, nicht geschehen lassen . Mit dieser Formel konnten die römischen Volkstribunen Einspruch gegen… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
Veto — Ve to, n.; pl. {Vetoes}. [L. veto I forbid.] [1913 Webster] 1. An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction. [1913 Webster] This contemptuous veto of her husband s on any intimacy with her family. G. Eliot. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
veto — vȇto m DEFINICIJA pol. pravn. pravo člana nekog udruženja, pojedinca ili države da spriječi donošenje zaključka ili izvršenje odluke većine [apsolutni veto; suspenzivni veto] ETIMOLOGIJA lat. veto: zabranjujem ← vetare: zabraniti, ne dopustiti … Hrvatski jezični portal
veto — (Del lat. veto, yo vedo o prohíbo). 1. m. Derecho que tiene una persona o corporación para vedar o impedir algo. U. principalmente para significar el atribuido según las Constituciones al jefe del Estado o a la segunda Cámara, respecto de las… … Diccionario de la lengua española
Veto — Жанры Инди рок Альтернативный рок Электро Годы 2004 года наши дни … Википедия
veto — |é| s. m. 1. Oposição, recusa. 2. Fórmula que empregavam, em Roma, os tribunos do povo, para se oporem a um decreto do Senado. 3. Instituição pela qual uma autoridade pode opor se à entrada em vigor de uma lei (veto absoluto ou suspensivo do… … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
Veto — »Einspruch‹srecht›«: Das seit dem 18. Jh. bezeugte, dem politischen und parlamentarischen Bereich angehörende Fremdwort ist aus gleichbedeutend frz. veto entlehnt. Dies ist substantiviert aus lat. veto »ich verbiete«, der ersten Person Singular… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
