Definitions
Official document permitting entry into a country.
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“I came on a six-month tourist visa.”
“However, I couldn't continue by land to Georgia, as I would have liked: Russia still maintains its crazy, Sovietesque visa regulations, which makes getting a transit visa extremely difficult and extremely expensive.”
“"Let me tell you that I am going to spit into that coffee! Yes, and if you do not get me my passport visaed this very minute, I shall take it to Monsignor myself.””
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Entry permit”4 letters
02“Travel document”4 letters
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