noun
    
    plural -toes
    
    [count] :a decision by a person in authority to not allow or approve something (such as a new law)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    [noncount] :the right or power of a person in authority to decide that something (such as a new law) will not be approved
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    verb
    
    -toes; -toed; -toing
    
    [+ obj] to reject (a proposed law) officially :to refuse to allow (a bill) to become a law
    
    
    
    to refuse to allow or accept (something, such as a plan or suggestion)