to exercise (use) a veto

  • 1veto — ve|to1 [ˈvi:təu US tou] v past tense and past participle vetoed present participle vetoing third person singular vetoes [T] 1.) if someone in authority vetoes something, they refuse to allow it to happen, especially something that other people or …

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  • 2veto — n. 1) to exercise, impose, use a veto 2) to sustain a veto 3) to override a veto (Congress overrode the President s veto) 4) a pocket veto 5) (legal) a heckler s veto 6) a veto of, over * * * [ viːtəʊ] impose over …

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  • 3Veto — For other uses of Veto , see Veto (disambiguation). A veto, Latin for I forbid , is the power of an officer of the state to unilaterally stop an official action, especially enactment of a piece of legislation. Veto: An emphatic prohibition of any …

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  • 4veto — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ effective ▪ government, gubernatorial (AmE), presidential ▪ line item (AmE) ▪ The Governor used a line item veto to eliminate a $1 m …

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  • 5Veto — 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… …

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  • 6veto message — 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… …

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  • 7exercise */*/*/ — I UK [ˈeksə(r)saɪz] / US [ˈeksərˌsaɪz] noun Word forms exercise : singular exercise plural exercises 1) [uncountable] physical activity done in order to stay healthy and make your body stronger Try to do 20 minutes of vigorous exercise every day …

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  • 8exercise — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 use of the body to keep healthy ADJECTIVE ▪ good, healthy ▪ hard, heavy, high intensity (esp. AmE), intense, strenuous, vigorous …

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  • 9Use of force by states — The use of force by states is controlled by both customary international law and by treaty law. The UN Charter reads in article 2(4):All members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the… …

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  • 10exercise — / eksəsaɪz/ noun 1. a use of something ♦ exercise of an option using an option, putting an option into action 2. a financial year ● during the current exercise ■ verb to use ● The chairwoman exercised her veto to block the motion. ♦ to exercise… …

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