Definition: 1. A vote that blocks a decision. 2. 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. 3. Vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent. 4. Command against.
Use 'veto' in a sentence:
1. An attempt to change the system power state was vetoed by another application or driver.
2. Although Congress promptly overrode Johnson's veto, supporters of the act sought to ensure its constitutional foundations with the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment.
3. The Establishment and Operation of American Presidential Veto Power.
4. But would he veto?
5. The rest of the committee could not accept the veto.
6. Declared nuclear power has veto on U.N. 's Security Council.
7. De Gaulle vetoed Britain's application to join the EEC.
8. The Council Would Work Better Without the Veto.
9. The President has the power of veto.
10. That means all big parties must agree, giving each a potential veto.
11. My boss vetoed my taking any more time off this year.
12. The White House has said it will veto the move.
13. Safety standard is one of the Veto standards.
14. Japan used her veto to block the resolution.
15. Slovenia has lifted its veto on Croatia over a territorial dispute.
16. On the veto power of the army men in marriage.
17. The President vetoed the economic package passed by Congress.
18. Were it ever to reach Mr Obama's desk, he should veto it.
19. Should the president veto the appropriations bill, it goes back to Congress.
20. A veto in March is thus a necessary first step in crisis resolution.
21. That would mean voting no, that is to say, using the veto.
22. This authority is known as the veto right of the great powers.
23. The chairman has the right to veto any of the board's proposals.
24. His veto was something of a surprise.
25. I haven't vetoed the bill yet.
26. Russia and China used their vetoes to block the resolution.
27. There have been threats to veto any legislation that comes down the pike.
28. People then have a week to comment or veto the change.
29. China shows no sign of veto self-effacement, either.
30. It also gives the US government veto power over major decisions at the company.
31. Veto power is an asymmetric combination between national interests and human ones.
32. The old man put a veto on soccer in his garden.
33. Is it me, or is Veto starting to sound really good?
34. He may veto legislation that has been passed by the Parliament.
35. The Establishment of the Model of American Presidential Veto Power.
36. As members, both Greece and Cyprus have a veto.
37. But this would run up against Putin and Russia's veto.
38. President Clinton has threatened to veto the Republican plans.
39. In theory, a girl may veto the spouse her parents have chosen.
40. Indeed, he sees the veto system as a kind of pressure valve.
41. The White House says the president would veto the bill.
42. The veto has been a traditional instrument of diplomacy for centuries.
43. Plans for the dam have been vetoed by the Environmental Protection Agency.
44. The president vetoed the bill, and the Senate failed by a single vote to override his veto.
45. They need 12 votes to override his veto.
46. An override of the veto appears unlikely.
47. I wanted to go camping but the others quickly vetoed that idea.
48. For months there was a veto on employing new staff.
49. The president has the power of veto over all new legislation.
50. The British government used its veto to block the proposal.
