0 an official power or right to refuse to accept or allow something: --
mainly UK My parents put a veto on our watching television for more than two hours each evening.
The Senate voted to override the president's veto of the proposed measures.
In theory the British government could use its veto to block this proposal.
The president has the power of veto over any bill that comes across his desk.
2 the power to refuse to allow something to be done, or such a refusal: --
4 an official power or right to refuse to accept or allow something even if most of the other people or organizations involved approve of it: --
5 to refuse to allow or accept something such as a vote even if most of the other people or organizations involved approve of it: --
The bid was vetoed by European competition authorities.
veto a bill/deal/plan The President vetoed a bill that would have provided the program with an additional $35 billion over five years.
Only one out of seven such doubleedged proposals was vetoed by the people (table 3).
Since the federation's policies were vetoed, the central government, as well as the cantons, began to subsidise the social security programmes of these private carriers.
The reforms might have been vetoed by interests that feared that they would lose out from the changes, but were not.
A dam may be approved by the water agency, only to be vetoed by the environmental agency that finds it in violation of environmental law.
At that point, however, the executive vetoed the measure, arguing that it might be perceived as anti-immigrant.
A president may be given authority in the constitution to react to legislative attempts to change prevailing policy, for instance, by vetoing the bill.
There should be no question of vetoing these arrangements.
The first respect in which the agreement departs from consociational theory relates to group vetoes.
