Definition of veto

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Veto (v. t.) To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill..

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Cob :: Cob (n.) A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person..
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..
Gripple :: Gripple (a.) Griping; greedy; covetous; tenacious.
Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.
Pinch :: Pinch (v. i.) To spare; to be niggardly; to be covetous.
Niggard :: Niggard (a.) Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
Veto :: Veto (n.) A document or message communicating the reasons of the executive for not officially approving a proposed law; -- called also veto message.
Miserly :: Miserly (a.) Like a miser; very covetous; sordid; niggardly.
Closehanded :: Closehanded (a.) Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted.
Veto :: Veto (n.) An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.
Covetously :: Covetously (adv.) In a covetous manner.
Vetoing :: Vetoing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vet.
Misery :: Misery (n.) Covetousness; niggardliness; avarice.
Override :: Override (v. t.) To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one low overrides another; to override a veto..
Hard-fisted :: Hard-fisted (a.) Close-fisted; covetous; niggardly.
Cupidity :: Cupidity (n.) Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness.
Stunk :: Stingy (superl.) Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl..
Niggard :: Niggard (n.) A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser..
Avarice :: Avarice (n.) An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.
Covetous :: Covetous (v. t.) Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense.
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