Veto

noun

/ˈviːtəʊ/

Word Frequency: 3.3

Definitions

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

2.nounAn invocation of that right.

3.nounAn authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

4.verbTo use a veto against.

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