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vat (vat)

noun

  1. a large container for holding liquids, as those to be used in a manufacturing process or those to be stored for fermenting or ripening
  2. a liquid containing a vat dye

Etymology: ME, Southern dial. var. of fat < OE fæt, cask, vessel, akin to Ger fass, container < IE base *pēd-, *pōd-, to seize, hold > Latvian puôds, a pot

transitive verb vatted vat′·ted, vatting vat′·ting

  1. to place or store in a vat
  2. to treat in a vat
VAT definition

VAT (vē′ā′tē′, vat)

value-added tax

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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business VAT definition - business

finance VAT definition - finance

vat Synonyms

vat

n.

vessel, cistern, tub, barrel, tank, basin, salt pit; see also container.


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vat Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • ferment: The juice flowed into slate lined tanks before being pumped uphill into wooden fermenting vats.

Adjective modifier

  • inc.: Available in sizes Small & Large, the new Knox Stowaway Back Protector sells for £ 60.00 inc. vat.

Noun used with modifier

  • inc: Prices range from £ 20 inc vat for a Brooke Beaker, to £ 940.00 inc vat for the Giant Indian Barrel.

Preposition: of

  • wine: I wish I knew what had happened to that vat of convent wine.

Preposition: per

  • annum: To appear on our website, we charge £ 20.00 + vat per annum.
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Some physiologists will have it that the stomach is a mill;öothers, that it is a fermenting vat;öothers again that it is a stew-pan;öbut in my view of the matter, it is neither a mill, a fermenting vat, nor a stew-panöbut a stomach, gentlemen, a stomach.

-Hunter,William

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