Definition of veto

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Veto (n.) An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

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Stunk :: Stingy (superl.) Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl..
Hard-fisted :: Hard-fisted (a.) Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.
Closehanded :: Closehanded (a.) Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.
Cob :: Cob (n.) A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person..
Grasping :: Grasping (a.) Avaricious; greedy of gain; covetous; close; miserly; as, he is a grasping man..
Vetoist :: Vetoist (n.) One who uses, or sustains the use of, the veto..
Fast-handed :: Fast-handed (a.) Close-handed; close-fisted; covetous; avaricious.
Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.
Covetousness :: Covetousness (n.) A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense.
Veto :: Veto (n.) An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
Negative :: Negative (n.) The refusal or withholding of assents; veto.
Vetoed :: Vetoed (imp. & p. p.) of Vet.
Narrow :: Narrow (superl.) Parsimonious; niggardly; covetous; selfish.
Hunks :: Hunks (n.) A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard..
Niggardly :: Niggardly (a.) Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard.
Over :: Over (prep.) Above, implying superiority after a contest; in spite of; notwithstanding; as, he triumphed over difficulties; the bill was passed over the veto..
Misery :: Misery (n.) Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice.
Sordid :: Sordid (a.) Meanly avaricious; covetous; niggardly.
Veto :: Veto (n.) A power or right possessed by one department of government to forbid or prohibit the carrying out of projects attempted by another department; especially, in a constitutional government, a power vested in the chief executive to prevent the enactment of measures passed by the legislature. Such a power may be absolute, as in the case of the Tribunes of the People in ancient Rome, or limited, as in the case of the President of the United States. Called also the veto power..
Veto :: Veto (n.) The exercise of such authority; an act of prohibition or prevention; as, a veto is probable if the bill passes..
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