visa n : an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it

1 provide (a passport) with a visa

2 approve officially; "The list of speakers must be visaed"

English

Etymology

From 1831, "official signature or endorsement on a passport," from visa, from charta visa (meaning "paper that has been seen") from feminine perfect passive of videre ("to see").

Pronunciation

• /ˈviːzə/

  Rhymes: -iːzə

Noun

1. A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.

Related terms

• student visa
• tourist visa
• transit visa
• working-holiday visa

Translations

Dutch

Noun

visa

1. Plural of visum

Finnish

Noun

1. A kind of birch (wood), in which the fibers are twisted, resulting in a very hard and decorative wood material.
2. A quiz.

French

Pronunciation

Verb

visa

1. third-person singular past historic form of viser

Indonesian

Noun

visa

1. Visa

Latin

Noun

1. Plural of lang=Latin|visum
2. Feminine perfect participle of video.

Norwegian

Noun

visa

1. definite singular of vise

Romanian

Pronunciation

/ˈvi.sa/|lang=ro

Verb

1. to dream

Conjugation

ro-conj-a-ez vis

Swedish

Pronunciation

Adjective

visa

1. sv-adj-form-abs-def vis
2. sv-adj-form-abs-pl vis

Noun

visa

1. song, tune. In particular with a simple melody to accompany the lyrics, which is the more interesting part.
2. plural of visum

Verb

visa

1. To show; to display
2. To prove
3. To point at

See also

• visning
• ambassador

Visa or VISA may refer to:

• Visa (document), a document whereby a duly authorized government agency gives a citizen of another country permission to enter the country or, occasionally, permission to leave.
• Visa Inc., issuer and marketer of Visa® products including credit and debit cards
  • Visa Debit, a debit card issued by Visa in the United Kingdom
  • Visa Electron, a debit card issued by Visa in all countries except Australia, Canada, and the United States
• Citroën Visa, a supermini produced from 1978 to 1988
• "The Visa", a Seinfeld episode
• A common Finnish male forename
• V.I.S.A., a French independent record label

VISA may also stand for:

• Vancomycin-intermediate staphylococcus aureus
• Virginia Inland Sailing Association
• Virtual Instrument Software Architecture
• Voluntary International Service Assignments, an American Friends Service Committee program.

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