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♦ pocket /ˈpɒkɪt/A n.1 tasca; taschino: DIALOGO → - Going on holiday 2- I've got my passport in my pocket, ho il passaporto in tasca; coat pocket, tasca della giacca; trouser pocket, tasca dei pantaloni; waistcoat pocket, taschino del panciotto; watch-pocket, taschino dell'orologio; to turn out one's pockets, vuotarsi le tasche; Be prepared to put your hand in your pocket, preparati a metter mano alla tasca (o al portafoglio)!3 cavità ( in genere); sacca: pockets of mist, sacche di nebbia; (mil.) pockets of resistance, sacche di resistenza; (miner.) ore pocket, cavità piena di minerale7 (anat.) sacca; saccoB a. attr.da tasca; tascabile: pocket edition, edizione tascabile; a pocket calculator, una calcolatrice tascabile● (naut., mil.) pocket battleship, corazzata tascabile; (fig., spec. sport) individuo (o giocatore) piccolo ma forte e aggressivo □ pocket billiards, gioco del biliardo a buche, con 16 bilie ( una bianca e 15 colorate; più diffuso in USA) □ pocket-book, agenda, taccuino; ( USA) portafoglio; (fig.) reddito, risorse finanziarie; libro tascabile; ( USA) borsetta a busta: Our goods meet the pocket-books of blue-collar families, i nostri prodotti sono alla portata delle borse delle famiglie operaie □ (stor.) pocket borough, collegio elettorale in mano a una persona o a una famiglia influente ( prima del 1832) □ a pocket diary, un'agenda tascabile; un'agendina □ (fig.) a pocket edition of a man, un uomo in formato mignon □ pocket expenses, piccole spese personali □ pocket flashlight, lampadina tascabile □ ( biliardo) pocket games, giochi con sei buche □ pocket handkerchief, fazzoletto da tasca □ (fig.) a pocket handkerchief of land, un fazzoletto di terra □ pocket knife, temperino □ pocket money, denaro per le piccole spese; argent de poche; paghetta (fam.) □ pocket-picking, borseggio □ pocket piece, moneta portafortuna □ (fam.: di un oggetto in vendita o all'asta) pocket-pleasing, accessibile, abbordabile; alla portata di tutte le tasche □ a pocket-size book, un libro tascabile □ ( banca, USA) pocket teller, carta di Bancomat; tessera magnetica □ (polit. USA) pocket veto, «pocket veto» (quando il presidente non firma un disegno di legge nel periodo finale di una legislatura) □ (fig.) to be in pocket, aver quattrini; essere in attivo, averci guadagnato ( in un affare) □ (fig.) to have st. in one's pocket, avere qc. in tasca; essere sicuro di ottenere (conseguire, ecc.) qc. □ to have sb. in one's pocket, tenere q. in pugno □ (fig.) to line one's pockets, fare i soldi; farsi il gruzzolo □ to be out of pocket, avere le tasche vuote; essere in passivo, averci rimesso (di tasca propria) □ out-of-pocket expenses, spese vive; denaro speso di tasca propria □ to pick sb. 's pocket, borseggiare q. □ to put one's pride in one's pocket, inghiottire un rospo (fig.); umiliarsi □ to suffer in one's pocket, rimetterci di tasca propria □ I paid out of my own pocket, ho pagato di tasca mia □ That leaves me 200 euros out of pocket, così ci rimetto duecento euro.(to) pocket /ˈpɒkɪt/v. t.1 intascare; mettersi in tasca; appropriarsi di (qc.): The man pocketed the fifty-pound note, l'uomo si è messo in tasca la banconota da cinquanta sterline
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pocket veto — pock·et veto n: a veto of legislation that occurs indirectly when an executive refrains from signing the legislation and the adjournment of the legislature prevents its automatic enactment (as upon expiration of ten days) Merriam Webster’s… … Law dictionary
Pocket veto — The retention by the President of the United States of a bill unsigned so that it does not become a law, in virtue of the following constitutional provision ( Const. Art. I., sec. 7, cl. 2): If any bill shall not be returned by the President… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pocket veto — ☆ pocket veto n. 1. the indirect veto by the President of the U.S. of a bill presented to him by Congress within ten days of its adjournment, by failing to sign and return the bill before Congress adjourns 2. any action similar to this in… … English World dictionary
pocket veto — n a method used by the US President to stop a ↑bill (=proposal for a new law) . The President keeps the proposal without signing it until Congress is not working any more … Dictionary of contemporary English
Pocket veto — A pocket veto is a legislative maneuver in American federal lawmaking that allows the President to indirectly veto a bill. The U.S. Constitution requires the President to sign or veto any legislation placed on his desk within ten days (not… … Wikipedia
pocket veto — noun indirect veto of legislation by refusing to sign it • Hypernyms: ↑veto * * * noun, pl ⋯ toes [count] US : a method that the President can use to prevent a bill from becoming a law by not signing the bill before the session of Congress ends * … Useful english dictionary
pocket-veto — /pok it vee toh/, v.t., pocket vetoed, pocket vetoing. to veto (a bill) by exercising a pocket veto. * * * … Universalium
pocket veto — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms pocket veto : singular pocket veto plural pocket vetos a method that the US President can use to stop a bill from becoming law, in which they keep the bill without signing it until it is too late to sign it … English dictionary
pocket-veto — /pok it vee toh/, v.t., pocket vetoed, pocket vetoing. to veto (a bill) by exercising a pocket veto … Useful english dictionary
Pocket-Veto — Der Begriff Pocket Veto beschreibt ein legislatives Manöver in der Gesetzgebung der Vereinigten Staaten, bei dem der Präsident ein Veto gegen ein Gesetz einlegen kann, ohne dass dieses vom Kongress überstimmt werden kann. Die Verfassung der… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Pocket veto — Der Begriff Pocket Veto beschreibt ein legislatives Manöver in der Gesetzgebung der Vereinigten Staaten, bei dem der Präsident ein Veto gegen ein Gesetz einlegen kann, ohne dass dieses vom Kongress überstimmt werden kann. Die Verfassung der… … Deutsch Wikipedia