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Vinony

visa

noun

  1. authorization document
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verb

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈviːzə/ / /-sə/ / /ˈʋi.zɑ/

name

Etymology: Coined by the company's founder, Dee Hock, who believed that the word was instantly recognizable in many languages and that it denoted universal acceptance.

  1. A credit card company.

    “Got PayPal or Visa, whatever'll please ya As long as I've got the dough.”

    “Paying with Visa abroad uses the same high-tech, anti-fraud systems as at home, so your payments are safe wherever you are.”

  2. Alternative spelling of visa.

noun

Etymology: Coined by the company's founder, Dee Hock, who believed that the word was instantly recognizable in many languages and that it denoted universal acceptance.

  1. A credit card issued by the credit card company Visa.
  2. A credit card.

verb

Etymology: From 1831, "official signature or endorsement on a passport," from French visa, from Latin charta vīsa (“paper that has been seen”) from feminine perfect passive of Latin vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision, video, vista.

  1. To endorse (a passport, etc.).

    “"Let me tell you that I am going to spit into that coffee! Yes, and if you do not get me my passport visaed this very minute, I shall take it to Monsignor myself.””