visa
Plural: visas
Noun
- an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it
- A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.
Verb
Verb Forms: visaed, visaing, visas
- To officially endorse a passport, allowing entry into a country.
- provide (a passport) with a visa
- approve officially
- "The list of speakers must be visaed"
- To endorse (a passport, etc.).
Examples
- He needed to visa his passport before embarking on his international Scrabble tournament trip.
- I came on a six-month tourist visa.
Origin / Etymology
From 1831, "official signature or endorsement on a passport," from French visa, from Latin charta vīsa (“paper that has been seen”) from feminine perfect passive of Latin vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision, video, vista.
Scrabble Score: 7
visa: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordvisa: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
visa: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 8
visa: valid Words With Friends Word