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visa

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vi·sa  (vz)
n.
An official authorization appended to a passport, permitting entry into and travel within a particular country or region.
tr.v. vi·saed, vi·sa·ing, vi·sas
1. To endorse or ratify (a passport).
2. To give a visa to.

[French, short for Latin (carta) vsa, (the document has been) seen, from feminine past participle of vidre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]

visa [ˈviːzə]
n pl -sas
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an endorsement in a passport or similar document, signifying that the document is in order and permitting its bearer to travel into or through the country of the government issuing it
2. any sign or signature of approval
vb -sas, -saing, -saed (tr)
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) to enter a visa into (a passport)
2. to endorse or ratify
[via French from Latin vīsa things seen, from vīsus, past participle of vidēre to see]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.visavisa - an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it
passport - a document issued by a country to a citizen allowing that person to travel abroad and re-enter the home country
imprimatur, sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant - formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"
Verb1.visavisa - provide (a passport) with a visa    
endorse, indorse - sign as evidence of legal transfer; "endorse cheques"
2.visavisa - approve officially; "The list of speakers must be visaed"
approve, O.K., okay, sanction - give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies"
Translations
visa [ˈviːzə]
A. N (visas (pl)) → visado m, visa f (LAm)
B. VTvisar

visa [ˈviːzə]
nvisa m
an exit visa → un visa de sortie
modif [requirements, application] → de visa; [restrictions] → sur les visas

visa
nVisum nt; (= stamp also)Sichtvermerk m
vtein Visum ausstellen (+dat); to get a passport visaedeinen Sichtvermerk in den Pass bekommen

visa [ˈviːzə] nvisto
visa [ˈviːzə] nvisto

visa
n visa [ˈviːzə]
a mark or stamp put on a passport by the authorities of a country to show that the bearer may travel to, or in, that country I have applied for a visa for the United States. visum فيزا، تأشيرَة دُخول виза vízum visum das Visum θεώρηση διαβατηρίου visado viisa ویزا viisumi visa אַשרָה, וִיזָה वीज़ा, प्रवेश पत्र viza vízum visa vegabréfsáritun visto 査証 (여권의) 비자 viza vīza visa visum visum wiza visto viză виза vízum vizum viza visum เอกสารอนุมัติที่ประทับตราบนหนังสือเดินทาง vize 簽證 віза ويزا، کسي ملک ميں داخل ہونے کا اجازت نامہ thi thực

visa فيزا vízum visum Visum βίζα visado viisumi visa viza visto ビザ 비자 visum visum wiza visto виза visum วีซ่า เอกสารอนุมัติที่ประทับตราบนหนังสือเดินทาง vize thị thực 签证


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I assure you it will be quite the thing for him to do; but I hope you will not visa the passport.
But we ought to be pleased with it, nevertheless, for we have been in no country yet where we have been so kindly received, and where we felt that to be Americans was a sufficient visa for our passports.
Here is my passport; examine the visa -- Geneva, Milan, Venice, Trieste, Delvino, Yanina.
 
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