veto

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So no, he isn't going to veto the censorship bill either.

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Quick take

a vote that blocks a decision

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of veto gathered in one view.

noun

a vote that blocks a decision

noun

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)

verb

vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for veto.

noun

a vote that blocks a decision

noun

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)

verb

vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent; "The President vetoed the bill"

verb

command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans"

See also: forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, disallow, nix

Example sentences

So no, he isn't going to veto the censorship bill either.

They also probably had veto power and input on how it was staged.

The entire point of the UN and "the law" is that Russia gets to veto the same as the US gets to veto.

Why should Rachel in accounting get to veto Sara as an engineer?

My boss- the one with the criminal justice degree- would often veto people because they "weren't good programmers".

A decision to announce a veto threat, almost by definition, happens at the very top of the ladder.

Increasingly the permanent members have used the threat of a veto to prevent a resolution being discussed.

> Reagan has a weird relationship with apartheidIf by "weird relationship" you mean "supported it", then yes. Reagan was an out-and-out racist asshole, whose pro-apartheid policies were so extreme that his own party, despite itself being a party filled with racist fucks, nonetheless felt a need to override his veto to try to distance themselves from his over-the-top level of extremism.

"With a word, they can veto any candidate, even if their expertise is in an area that has nothing to do with the prospective employee's."Ah good, giving some extreme power to someone otherwise completely un-involved in the hiring process.

"Sailesh Rachabathuni, who developed software for Kindle devices before leaving Amazon in 2012, says he once vetoed a candidate for a programming job because the candidate didn't know much about a specific programming language, a detail others missed."Great!

Speaking of promoting misunderstanding, your incorrect characterisation of this amendment as a bill in it's own right has prompted, to date, no fewer than half a dozen people to earnestly speculate that the President will certainly veto the bill - thus defunding the entire Defense Department, rather than just one program - should it pass.

Moreover, the strings that appear in Kima's term sheet are not trivial: the valuation is based on no larger than a 5% equity pool; you give up a board seat; you give Kima a broad veto power on many of your future actions relating to fundraising and other important company matters; you agree to restrictions on how the value is shared in case you are acquired.