Princeton's WordNet

1. veto(noun)

   a vote that blocks a decision

2. veto(verb)

   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)

3. veto, blackball, negative(verb)

   vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent

   "The President vetoed the bill"

4. forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix(verb)

   command against

   "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

1. veto(verb)ˈvi toʊ

   to officially reject or forbid

   management have vetoed any further spending

2. veto(noun)ˈvi toʊ

   a rejection or prevention

   The president has threatened a veto of the health care bill.

Wiktionary

1. veto(Noun)

   A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc.

2. veto(Noun)

   An invocation of that right.

3. veto(Verb)

   To use a veto against.

Webster Dictionary

1. Veto(noun)

   an authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction

2. Veto(noun)

   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

3. Veto(noun)

   the exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes

4. Veto(noun)

   a document or message communicating the reasons of the executive for not officially approving a proposed law; -- called also veto message

5. Veto(verb)

   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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