Dictionary entry
Veto
Pronunciation: /ˈviːtəʊ/
Pronunciation
/ˈviːtəʊ/
Myanmar Meaning
တစ်ချက်လွတ် ပိတ်ပင်တားဆီးသည့် အာဏာ။ ပယ်ချခြင်း၊ တားမြစ်ခြင်း။ ပယ်ချသည်။ တားမြစ်သည်။
Definition
veto / 'vi:tǝƱ / n ( pl -oes ) ~ (on sth) ၁။ [C,U] တားဆီးပိတ္ပင္ ႏိုင္ခြင့္အာဏာ။ ဗီတိုအာဏာ။ use the presidential veto ❍ exercise the power/ right of veto. ၂။ [C] (ဗီတိုအာဏာ သံုး၍) တားျမစ္ျခင္း၊ ပယ္ခ်ျခင္း။ the government's veto on large-scale company mergers. v ( pres p vetoing ) ဗီတိုအာဏာသံုး၍ ပယ္ခ်သည္။ The President vetoed the tax cuts.
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.’