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vat  (vt)
n.
A large vessel, such as a tub, cistern, or barrel, used to hold or store liquids.
tr.v. vat·ted, vat·ting, vats
To put into or treat in a vat.

[Middle English, variant of fat, from Old English fæt.]

vat
Noun
a large container for holding or storing liquids [Old English fæt]

VAT (in Britain and S Africa) value-added tax: a tax levied on the difference between the cost of materials and the selling price of a commodity or service
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.VAT - a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price before taxes and its cost of production
excise, excise tax - a tax that is measured by the amount of business done (not on property or income from real estate)
2.vatvat - a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids
vessel - an object used as a container (especially for liquids)
washtub - a tub in which clothes or linens can be washed
Translations
Spanish VAT [væt] n abbr (BRIT) (= value added tax) → IVA m
vat [væt] ntina, tinaja
French VAT [væt] n abbr (Brit) (= value added tax) → TVA f
vat [væt] ncuve f
German VAT [væt] (Brit) n abbr (= value-added tax) → MwSt f
vat [væt] nFass nt
Italian vat [væt] ntino

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"I know vat I know," Silverstein held on sturdily--a thing Genevieve had never before seen him do when his wife was in her tantrums.
In a short time his electroplating vat was put out of order.
See with what entire freedom the whaleman takes his handful of lamps --often but old bottles and vials, though --to the copper cooler at the try-works, and replenishes them there, as mugs of ale at a vat.
 
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