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ALL meanings of vetoed

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  • noun plural vetoed the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature. 1
  • noun plural vetoed the exercise of this right. 1
  • noun plural vetoed Also called veto message. a document exercising such right and setting forth the reasons for such action. 1
  • noun plural vetoed a nonconcurring vote by which one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council can overrule the actions or decisions of the meeting on matters other than procedural. 1
  • noun plural vetoed an emphatic prohibition of any sort. 1
  • noun plural vetoed pocket veto. 1
  • verb with object vetoed to reject (a proposed bill or enactment) by exercising a veto. 1
  • verb with object vetoed to prohibit emphatically. 1
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