veto
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I. noun
(plural vetoes)
Etymology: Latin, I forbid, from vetare to forbid
Date: 1629
1. an authoritative prohibition ; interdiction
2.
a. a power of one department or branch of a government to forbid or prohibit finally or provisionally the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially a power vested in a chief executive to prevent permanently or temporarily the enactment of measures passed by a legislature
b.
(1) the exercise of such authority
(2) a message communicating the reasons of an executive and especially the president of the United States for vetoing a proposed law
II. transitive verb
(vetoed; vetoing)
Date: 1706
to refuse to admit or approve ; prohibit; also to refuse assent to (a legislative bill) so as to prevent enactment or cause reconsideration
• vetoer noun
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veto — veto … Dictionnaire des rimes
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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
