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vat
1[ vat ]
noun
- a large container, as a tub or tank, used for storing or holding liquids:
a wine vat.
- Chemistry.
- a preparation containing an insoluble dye converted by reduction into a soluble leuco base.
- a vessel containing such a preparation.
verb (used with object)
, vat·ted, vat·ting.
- to put into or treat in a vat.
VAT
2noun
Vat.
3abbreviation for
- Vatican.
Vat.
1abbreviation for
- Vatican
vat
2/ væt /
noun
- a large container for holding or storing liquids
- chem a preparation of reduced vat dye
verb
- tr to place, store, or treat in a vat
VAT
3/ væt /
abbreviation for
- value-added tax: a tax levied on the difference between the cost of materials and the selling price of a commodity or service
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Other Words From
- un·vatted adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vat1
before 1100; Middle English (south); Old English fæt vessel; cognate with Old Norse fat vessel, German Fass keg
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vat1
Old English fæt; related to Old Frisian fet, Old Saxon, Old Norse fat, Old High German faz
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