digit veto
n.— «Later, Governor Patrick Lucey invented the “digit veto” in 1973. He changed an appropriation from $25 million to $5 million by removing the “2.”» —“Veto Power” by Lance Buri OpinionEditorials.com June 20, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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