Veto | Mean of veto in English Dictionary
/ˈviːtoʊ/
- Noun
- a decision by a person in authority to not allow or approve something (such as a new law)
- a legislative veto
- a veto of a bill
- Are there enough votes in Congress to override the President's veto?
- the right or power of a person in authority to decide that something (such as a new law) will not be approved
- The President has the veto over new legislation.
- The President may choose to exercise his veto.
- veto power
- Verb
- to reject (a proposed law) officially
- The President vetoed the bill.
- to refuse to allow or accept (something, such as a plan or suggestion)
- We wanted to do a cross-country trip, but our parents vetoed it.
- She vetoed several restaurants before we could agree on one.