placet, Inf. the go-ahead; vox populi, mandate.
voter, n. balloter, ballot-caster, elector, constituent; citizen, freeman, taxpayer.
vouch, v. 1. Usu.
vouch for endorse, support, back up, stand behind or by; sponsor, countersign, witness, sign for, answer for, subscribe, undersign, cosign.
2. Often
vouch for guarantee, ensure, secure, Finance. bond, Law. mortgage; insure, indemnify, underwrite; assure, offer assurance, avow, asseverate, vow, give one's solemn word or promise, state on one's honor, pledge, swear to, state under oath, Inf. promise.
3. Often
vouch for certify, certificate, warrant, confirm, verify, validate, authenticate; attest to, testify to, avouch, affirm, assert, declare, state emphatically, say for certain or sure; corroborate, substantiate, sustain, uphold; prove, document, establish, manifest, show, demonstrate; depose, bear witness, evidence, offer evidence.
4. adduce, cite, quote, draw on, invoke.
voucher, n. 1. receipt, acknowledgement, chit,
slip; note, promissory note, lOU; document, paper.
2. surety, Law. security, collateral, earnest, Law. earnest money, deposit, pawn, gage, bail, Insurance. bond, Law. mortgage, Law. mortgage bond, Law. bail bond, Rare, hostage; guarantee, warrant, warranty, Law. covenant of warranty, Law. warranty deed, contract, compact, covenant, obligation, engagement, agreement, gentlemen's agreement, handshake, bargain, deal, pact, convention, treaty; insurance, indemnity, protection, Insurance, coverage; pledge, promise, assurance, word, word of honor, oath, sworn statement, Archaic, plight; endorsement, testimonial, attestation, recommendation.
3. guarantor, guarantee, ensurer, warrantor, sponsor, bonder, Law. bondsman, Law. bondswoman; endorser, attester, patron, supporter, backer; insurer, indemnitor, underwriter, Insurance, coverer.
vouchsafe, v. 1. grant, condescend to grant, deign to give, give, bestow, confer, accord, impart, award, present.
2. allow, permit, let; approve of, go along with, agree to, accede to, assent to, consent to; acquiesce, yield, submit to, comply with; tolerate, suffer, bear with.
vow, n. 1. pledge, promise, assurance, word, solemn word, word of honor, parole, Archaic, troth; oath, sworn statement or declaration, testimony; attestation, affirmation, profession, avowal, asseveration, avouchment; engagement, betrothal, Archaic. plight; marriage contract, marriage bond, marriage vow; obligation, bond, agreement, contract; gentleman's agreement, unwritten agreement.
-v. 2. pledge, promise, give one's word or solemn word, give one's word of honor, give one's parole, Inf. cross one's heart and hope to die; solemnly swear, state on one's honor, swear to, declare or state under oath; assure, offer assurance, aver, asseverate, affirm, avouch, declare, state, profess.
voyage, n. 1. cruise, crossing, passage by sea, circumnavigation; journey, trip, expedition, trek, safari; travels, globe-trotting, wayfaring, peregrination, wandering, roving, roaming; flight.
-v. 2. cruise, sail, fly, jet; travel, journey, roam, rove, peregrinate, itinerate, wayfare, travel the open road; take or make a trip, tour, globe-trot, go abroad, go overseas, see the world.
voyager, n. cruiser, traveler, pilgrim, wayfarer, peregrinator; rambler, rover, roamer, Wandering Jew; adventurer, landloper, explorer, soldier of fortune, Inf. boomer, cowboy; astronaut, cosmonaut, seaman, sailor, sea captain; bird of passage, migrant, nomad.