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Answer for the clue "Veto ", 8 letters:
disallow

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Disallow is the third album by High Rise , released on May 25, 1996 through P.S.F. Records .

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES disallow a goal (= not allow a goal to be counted because a rule has been broken ) ▪ The goal was disallowed for offside. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Judge Nisen disallowed certain evidence containing confidential ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disallow \Dis`al*low"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disallowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Disallowing .] [Pref. dis- + allow: cf. OF. desalouer, desloer, to blame, dissuade.] To refuse to allow; to deny the force or validity of; to disown and reject; as, the judge disallowed ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
late 14c., "to refuse to praise," from Old French desalouer "to blame," from des- (see dis- ) + alouer (see allow ); meaning "to reject" is from 1550s. Related: Disallowed ; disallowing ; disallowance .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store" [syn: forbid , prohibit , interdict , proscribe , veto ] [ant: permit , permit ]

Usage examples of disallow.

We have conferred and decided that the only way this can be reasonably achieved over the long term is to disallow direct interfacing unless specific threats and conditions are met.

Befores being specifically disallowed on Irikwae at least, it seemed that his duty was to alert the Master of Exhibits to the problem.

Alas, his piloting instructor, aside from being a demon on rote, had disallowed his request to double his shifts so that he might depart a Common month early with his big-ship license.

Gene selection beyond physical pick-and-choose, commercial AI, even personal comm units were either disallowed or else heavily regulated on Solcintra, and though many such devices would have given the service class an easier life, they seemed as wedded to the minimal tech as their now-departed overseers.

Modrid disallowed the trades you had completed at the word of your master trader--for which you utilized monies drawn on her accredited and known apprentice sub-account--and that he required the master trader to re-authorize each transaction recorded under that sub-account.

All Security personnel have been disallowed access to the 7800 network.

He replied that she had wished to do so, but that he had disallowed it, and he easily convinced me that this improvisation would have been the ruin of her fine talent.

California statute prohibiting the issuance of fishing licenses to persons ineligible to citizenship is disallowed, both on the basis of Amendment XIV and on the ground that the statute invaded a field of power reserved to the National Government, namely, the determination of the conditions on which aliens may be admitted, naturalized, and permitted to reside in the United States.

Patent Office held hearings to examine questions raised by gene patenting, turning back the clock to disallow such patents, as some critics urge, seems unlikely.

And during the assigned interval the Judge shall diligently examine the copy of the appeal, and the reasons or objections upon which it is based, and shall consult with learned lawyers whether he shall submit negative apostils, that is, negative answers, and thereby disallow the appeal, or whether he shall allow the appeal and submit affirmative and fitting apostils to the Judge to whom the appeal is made.

The hairy belly of him pressed to mine, he kept me from his maleness with his fists in my hair, disallowing more than the faint touch of its end against me.

Greatly disturbed did Renin seem, though she disallowed much outward evidence of it, and she shook her head as Ennat and I looked upon her.

Once again an entry spell had refused to register, as though no such thing was possible rather than that someone stronger was disallowing it.

Modrid disallowed the trades you had completed at the word of your master trader--for which you utilized monies drawn on her accredited and known apprentice sub-account--and that he required the master trader to re-authorize each transaction recorded under that sub-account.

He just had no clue when it came to the Medicare rules and regulationswhich items were billable and which would automatically be disallowed, co-payments, deductibles, claims for fee-based services.