visa

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see also: Visa, VISA

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈviː.zə/, /ˈviː.sə/

Noun

visa (plural visas)

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
• visaless
• working-holiday visa

Translations

• French: visa
• German: Visum
• Italian: vista, nulla osta, permesso, nullaosta, visto
• Portuguese: visto
• Russian: ви́за
• Spanish: visa (Latin America), visado

Verb

visa (visas, present participle visaing; past and past participle visaed)

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

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Visa

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Proper noun

1. (banking) A credit card company.
   • 2003, "Weird Al" Yankovic, eBay (song) (song)

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

   • 2019, “Visa Abroad”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed 5 July 2019

     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

visa (plural visas)

1. (banking) Visa card
2. (banking) credit card

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VISA

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Noun

visa (uncountable)

1. (medicine, microbiology) Initialism of vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus

Related terms

• MRSA
• VRSA
• VRE

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