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visa (vē′zə, -sə)

noun

an endorsement on a passport, showing that a person has been granted official entry into or passage through a country

Etymology: Fr < L fem. of visus: see vision

transitive verb visaed -·saed, visaing -·sa·ing

  1. to put a visa on (a passport)
  2. to give a visa to (someone)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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