visa

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: vi=sa

CIDE DICTIONARY

visa, n. [F.].

 See Vis.  [1913 Webster]

visa, v. t. 

 To indorse, after examination, with the word visé, as a passport; to visé.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

visa, n. & v.
--n. an endorsement on a passport etc. showing that it has been found correct, esp. as allowing the holder to enter or leave a country.
--v.tr. (visas, visaed or visa'd, visaing) mark with a visa.

Etymology

F f. L visa neut. pl. past part. of videre see

THESAURUS

visa

John Hancock, OK, X, acceptance, affidavit, affirmance, affirmation, approbation, approval, attestation, authentication, authority, authorization, autograph, bill of health, certificate, certificate of proficiency, certification, christcross, cipher, clearance, confirmation, countermark, countersign, countersignature, counterstamp, credential, cross, deposition, device, diploma, endorsement, full pratique, go-ahead, green light, hand, imprimatur, initials, mark, mark of signature, monogram, navicert, nod, notarization, notarized statement, note, okay, pass, passport, permission, pratique, protection, ratification, rubber stamp, safe-conduct, safeguard, sanction, seal, sheepskin, sigil, sign manual, signature, signet, stamp, stamp of approval, subscription, sworn statement, testamur, testimonial, the nod, ticket, validation, vise, voucher, warrant, warranty, witness

ROGET THESAURUS

visa

Assent

N assent, assentment, acquiescence, admission, nod, accord, concord, concordance, agreement, affirmance, affirmation, recognition, acknowledgment, avowal, confession of faith, unanimity, common consent, consensus, acclamation, chorus, vox populi, popular belief, current belief, current opinion, public opinion, concurrence, cooperation, ratification, confirmation, corroboration, approval, acceptance, visa, indorsement, consent, pressure to conform, herd instinct, peer pressure, assenting, of one accord, of one mind, of the same mind, at one with, agreed, acquiescent, content, willing, uncontradicted, unchallenged, unquestioned, uncontroverted, carried, agreed, nem, con, nemine contradicente unanimous, agreed on all hands, carried by acclamation, affirmative, yes, yea, ay, aye, true, good, well, very well, very true, well and good, granted, even so, just so, to be sure, 'thou hast said', you said it, you said a mouthful, truly, exactly, precisely, that's just it, indeed, certainly, you bet, certes, ex concesso, of course, unquestionably, assuredly, no doubt, doubtless, naturally, natch, be it so, so be it, so let it be, amen, willingly, affirmatively, in the affirmative, OK, all right, might as well, why not? with one consent, with one voice, with one accord, unanimously, una voce, by common consent, in chorus, to a man, nem, con, nemine contradicente, nemine dissentiente, without a dissentient voice, as one man, one and all, on all hands, avec plaisir, chi tace accousente, the public mind is the creation of the Master-Writ, you bet your sweet ass it is, what are we waiting for? whenever you're ready, anytime you're ready.