VETO


Meaning of VETO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ vi:toʊ ]

( vetoes, vetoing, vetoed)

1.

If someone in authority vetoes something, they forbid it, or stop it being put into action.

The President vetoed the economic package passed by Congress.

= block

VERB : V n

Veto is also a noun.

The veto was a calculated political risk.

N-COUNT

2.

Veto is the right that someone in authority has to forbid something.

...the President’s power of veto.

N-UNCOUNT

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