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vat definition

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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