n.
An official authorization appended to a passport, permitting entry into and travel within a particular country or region.
tr.v., -saed, -sa·ing, -sas.
- To endorse or ratify (a passport).
- To give a visa to.
[French, short for Latin (carta) vīsa, (the document has been) seen, from feminine past participle of vidēre, to see.]
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