item veto

item veto
noun
: power of an executive (as a governor) to veto separate items of a bill (as an appropriation bill) without vetoing the entire bill

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item veto,
U.S. a veto of only part of a bill passed by a legislature and not of the entire bill. In some states, the governor may use this veto, but the Constitution does not grant it to the President.

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