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Index V
- v.
- Valentine’s Day
- valid
- value
- value added
- value-added
- value-added tax
- value at
- Vancouver
- Vancouverite
- vaporize
- vaporous
- vapour
- variance
- various
- various different
- VAT
- vegan
- vegetarian
- vengeance
- venomous
- verb agreement
- verb agreement: compound subjects with and
- verb agreement: compound subjects with or
- verb agreement in questions
- verb agreement in the case of interrupting words
- verb agreement: sentences beginning with there
- verb agreement with collective nouns
- verb agreement with couple
- verb agreement with indefinite pronouns
- verb agreement with none
- verb agreement with number
- verb agreement with range
- verb agreement with total
- verbal
- verbatim
- verbiage
- verbose
- verbosity
- verb phrase
- verbs: helping verbs
- verbs in conditional sentences
- verbs: main verb
- vernacular
- verse
- versed in
- versus
- vertical lists
- very
- veto against
- veto on
- veto over
- via
- vice-
- vice versa
- Victoria
- Victoria Day
- Victorian
- view of (in)
- vigor
- vigorous
- vigorously
- vigour
- virtually
- virtue
- vis-à-vis
- visit
- visit with
- viti-
- vocal
- vocation
- vociferous
- vogue
- voice
- voluble
- -vore
- vs.
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veto against, veto on, veto over
A legal or official body with the authority to reject a plan or prohibit an action has a power of veto. The plural is vetoes.
The noun veto is followed by against, on or over, or no preposition.
- Some Security Council members will cast a veto against a UN resolution sanctioning military intervention.
- The federal government has a right of veto on all aspects of constitutional amendments.
- Without a quorum, the members were unable to override the veto.
The verb veto does not require a preposition.
- The board of directors vetoed the plan to buy out the competition.
Informally, veto is used as a synonym for reject or forbid.
- Every time Simon makes a proposal, Danielle vetoes (or rejects) it.
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