VISA (gene)
WordNet
noun
(1) An endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it
verb
(2) Approve officially
"The list of speakers must be visaed"
(3) Provide (a passport) with a visa
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From 1831, "official signature or endorsement on a passport," from visa, from charta visa (meaning "paper that has been seen") from feminine perfect passive of videre ("to see").
Noun
- A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.
Related terms
- student visa
- tourist visa
- transit visa
- working-holiday visa
Noun
- A kind of birch (wood), in which the fibers are twisted, resulting in a very hard and decorative wood material.
- A quiz.
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Verb
visa
- third-person singular past historic form of viser