Meaning of veto in English

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Verb
veto
Definitions
1. vote against
Examples
- « refuse to endorse »
- « refuse to assent »
- « The President vetoed the bill »
Derived terms
- negative
2. command against
Examples
- « I forbid you to call me late at night »
- « Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store »
Antonyms
Derived terms
Noun
veto
Etymology
early 17th century: from Latin, literally ‘I forbid’, used by Roman tribunes of the people when opposing measures of the Senate
Definitions
1. a vote that blocks a decision
Derived terms
2. 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)
Derived terms
- blackball
- negative

Famous quotes

« You got to have a courageous president to stand up and says, listen, if - if you send a bill to me that spends more money than what we've coming in, I'll veto it. I mean, I'm going to try to work with you the best I can, but I'm going to veto it. »
Rick Perry
« The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of those pork-barrel items famous all over America. »
John McCain
« I've criticized President Bush for his failure to use his veto pen. There's plenty of blame to go around. The question is how to solve problems. It's not bailouts. What made America great? Free markets, free enterprise, manufacturing, job creation. That's how we're gonna do it, not by enlarging government. »
Scott Brown
« The fact is, if our primary legislative goals are to repeal and replace the health spending bill to end the bailouts cut spending and shrink the size and scope of government, the only way to do all these things it is to put someone in the White House who won't veto any of these things. »
Mitch McConnell