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vat

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[ vat ]

noun

  1. a large container, as a tub or tank, used for storing or holding liquids:

    a wine vat.

  2. Chemistry.
    1. a preparation containing an insoluble dye converted by reduction into a soluble leuco base.
    2. a vessel containing such a preparation.


verb (used with object)

vatted, vatting.
  1. to put into or treat in a vat.

VAT

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Vat.

3

abbreviation for

  1. Vatican.

Vat.

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abbreviation for

  1. Vatican
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

vat

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/ æ /

noun

  1. a large container for holding or storing liquids
  2. chem a preparation of reduced vat dye
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to place, store, or treat in a vat
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

VAT

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/ æ /

abbreviation for

  1. value-added tax: a tax levied on the difference between the cost of materials and the selling price of a commodity or service
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of vat1

before 1100; Middle English (south); Old English æ vessel; cognate with Old Norse fat vessel, German Fass keg
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of vat1

Old English æ; related to Old Frisian fet, Old Saxon, Old Norse fat, Old High German faz
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Example Sentences

Dog food made from meat that was grown in factory vats went on sale in the UK for the first time last month.

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It was a day that showed again why you can't see them progressing to the status of contenders even if you buried your face in a vat of happy juice.

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Many applications of the technology involve creating entirely new organisms which are contained inside large vats in the production process.

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Once that happens, that same internal brain activity could be recreated through high-powered computers, while a new brain is grown in a vat via stem cells or some combination of the two.

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Now behind the counter where there used to be a vat of loose dirty potatoes sits a neat row of greeting cards, wrapping paper and helium balloons.

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