veto
/ˈviːtəʊ/
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American sound/ˈviːtəʊ/
veto
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ve - to -> veto
Myanmar meaning
တစ်ချက်လွတ် ပိတ်ပင်တားဆီးသည့် အာဏာ။ ပယ်ချခြင်း၊ တားမြစ်ခြင်း။ ပယ်ချသည်။ တားမြစ်သည်။
Full entry
veto / 'vi:tǝƱ / n (pl -oes ) ~ (on sth)
၁။ [C,U] တားဆီးပိတ်ပင် နိုင်ခွင့်အာဏာ။ ဗီတိုအာဏာ။ use the presidential veto ❍ exercise the power/ right of veto.
၂။ [C] (ဗီတိုအာဏာ သုံး၍) တားမြစ်ခြင်း၊ ပယ်ချခြင်း။ the government's veto on large-scale company mergers.
v (pres p vetoing )
ဗီတိုအာဏာသုံး၍ ပယ်ချသည်။
The President vetoed the tax cuts.
More examples
- ‘Mandela called on world leaders, especially those with vetoes in the UN Security Council, to oppose him.’
- ‘In some circumstances it has a veto on legislation.’
- ‘At a time of constitutional reform, the provision giving the Prime Minister a veto of high-level appointments obviously cries out for change.’
- ‘When it comes to conflicts of interest among states holding veto power, the Security Council is incapacitated.’
- ‘I can't recall a stupider proposal than a bill that was recently introduced to give Congress a veto power over Supreme Court decisions.’
- ‘From this perspective, the U.S. Senate has a veto over treaties negotiated by the executive, and constitutional courts have a veto over legislation.’
- ‘He will retain an effective veto over all government decisions through the establishment of a National Security Council, over which he will preside.’
- ‘The council has some powers, but the US proconsul, Paul Bremer, has a veto over its decisions.’
- ‘Britain also sought Swedish support at the recent Nice summit in defence of its national vetoes on tax and welfare policies.’
- ‘From his words, other popular commentary at the time, and the actions of the earliest presidents, an image of the veto emerged as a constitutional tool intended for rare use.’
- ‘Unless something changes, he will be the first full-term president in 175 years not to have exercised his Constitutional veto power.’
- ‘Clearly the present set-up gives the five major powers on the Security Council a veto on any decisions taken by UN member states.’
- ‘In all countries but one, more people favour than oppose the idea of giving the UN Security Council the power to override the veto of a permanent member.’
- ‘If accepted, DUP proposals would subject ministerial decisions to a veto by no more than thirty Assembly members, a situation not followed elsewhere.’
- ‘In 1983, the Supreme Court stunned Congress by declaring that the legislative veto was an unconstitutional violation of the separation of powers.’
- ‘Unfortunately, President Carter's battles with Congress over legislative vetoes alienated many members.’
- ‘It had its own assembly and militia, the power of veto over federal decisions and control of education and other public services.’
- ‘Governments can also refer decisions they oppose to the European Council, where again they can apply the veto; and they can opt out of decisions when they wish to do so.’
- ‘I submit that part of the reason for that has been the ongoing existence of the veto in the Security Council.’
- ‘Three members of the Security Council with veto powers - China, France and Russia - have all expressed opposition to the proposed resolution.’
Synonyms
rejection, refusal, prohibition, prohibit, bar, ban, proscription, sanction, embargo, blackball, burn, censure, cut, declination, decline, defeat, denial, deny, disallow, disallowance, disapprove, discountenance, dissent, forbid, give thumbs down, interdict, interdiction, kill, negate, negative, nix, nonconsent, not go for, notice, order, outlaw, pass, pass by, pass on, prevention, proscribe, put down, quashing, refuse, refuse permission, reject, rule out, shoot down, throw away, throw out, thumbs down, turn down
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