Hypertext Webster Gateway: "VAT"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vat \Vat\, n. [A dialectic form for fat, OE. fat, AS. f[ae]t;
akin to D. vat, OS. fat, G. fass, OHG. faz, Icel. & Sw. fat,
Dan. fad, Lith. p?das a pot, and probably to G. fassen to
seize, to contain, OHG. fazz?n, D. vatten. Cf. {Fat} a vat.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vat \Vat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vatted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Vatting}.]
To put or transfer into a vat.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
VAT
n 1: a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price
before taxes and its cost of production [syn: {VAT}, {value-added
tax}, {ad valorem tax}]
2: a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids [syn: {tub}]
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