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WATS

[wots]

WATS

[wots]
noun
bulk-rate telephone service that enables a subscriber to make an unlimited number of long-distance telephone calls within a given service area for a fixed monthly charge or to receive calls from given areas with no charge to the caller.

Origin:
W(ide) A(rea) T(elecommunications) S(ervice)

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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wat

[waht]
noun
a Buddhist temple or monastery in Thailand or Cambodia.

Origin:
1870–75; < Thai < Sanskrit vāṭa enclosure
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WATS
Wide Area Telecommunications Service
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