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Date: 1800-1900
Language: French
Origin: Latin, 'things seen', from visus; VISION

visa

 noun
     
Related topics: Law
vi‧sa [countable]
SCL an official mark put on your passport that gives you permission to temporarily enter or leave a foreign country:
I was still in New York, trying to get a visa for Russia.
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