vat
Multiple Entries:vat VAT
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
vat/vat/
▶noun a large tank or tub used to hold liquid. ▶verb (vats, vatting, vatted) place or treat in a vat.
– origin ME: southern and western dial. var. of obs. fat ‘container’, of Gmc origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
VAT/viːeɪˈtiː/
▶abbreviation value added tax.
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