Veto (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural ve·toes.Also called veto power (for defs. 1, 4).
  1. 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.
  2. the exercise of this right.
  3. a document exercising such right and setting forth the reasons for such action.
  4. 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.
  5. an emphatic prohibition of any sort.
  6. pocket veto.
verb (used with object), ve·toed, ve·to·ing.
  1. to reject (a proposed bill or enactment) by exercising a veto.
  2. to prohibit emphatically.
noun plural -toes
  1. the power to prevent legislation or action proposed by others; prohibition
  2. the exercise of this power
  3. a document containing the reasons why a chief executive has vetoed a measure
verb -toes, -toing or -toed (tr)
  1. to refuse consent to (a proposal, esp a government bill)
  2. to prohibit, ban, or forbid
Veto (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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