As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
lat (plural lats)
(weapons, rare) A staff, particularly one of an Indian kind.
(architecture) A monumental pillar, particularly the Buddhist columns erected in East India.
lat (plural lats)
(UK slang, usually, in the plural) A latrine: a rudimentary or military facility for urination and defecation.
• See bathroom
lat (plural lats)
(historical numismatics) The gold-backed monetary unit of Latvia from August 1922 until April 1941, when it was replaced by the Soviet ruble; it was typically pegged at about 25 to the British pound.
(historical numismatics) The floating fiat monetary unit of Latvia from 1992 until January 2014, when it was replaced by the euro.
A coin or bill of either currency.
• lats s
• (1/100 lat): santim
lat (plural lats)
(slang, usually, in the plural) A latissimus dorsi muscle.
lat (plural lats)
(slang) latitude
• long
• ATL, Alt, Alt., Atl., LTA, TLA, Tal, alt, alt-, alt.
LAT
Initialism of Los Angeles Times.
LAT (plural LATs)
Initialism of lowest astronomical tide.
(US) Initialism of laboratory animal technician.
(firefighting, aviation) Acronym of large airtanker. (a class of waterbomber)
LAT (not comparable)
Initialism of living apart together.
• ATL, Alt, Alt., Atl., LTA, TLA, Tal, alt, alt-, alt.
Source: Wiktionary
Lat, v. t.
Definition: To let; to allow. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2025
(noun) anything in accord with principles of justice; “he feels he is in the right”; “the rightfulness of his claim”
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.