VAT

tub, vat

(noun) a large open vessel for holding or storing liquids

VAT, value-added tax, ad valorem tax

(noun) a tax levied on the difference between a commodity’s price before taxes and its cost of production

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

vat (plural vats)

A large tub, such as is used for making wine or for tanning.

A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.

(Roman Catholic) A vessel for holding holy water.

(dated) A liquid measure and dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectolitre of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States. (The old Dutch grain vat averaged 0.762 Winchester bushel. The old London coal vat contained 9 bushels. The solid-measurement vat of Amsterdam contains 40 cubic feet; the wine vat, 241.57 imperial gallons, and the vat for olive oil, 225.45 imperial gallons.)

Verb

vat (third-person singular simple present vats, present participle vatting, simple past and past participle vatted)

(transitive) To put into a vat.

(transitive) To blend (wines or spirits) in a vat; figuratively, to mix or blend elements as if with wines or spirits.

Anagrams

• ATV, TVA, VTA, tav, vta

Noun

VAT (uncountable)

(taxation) Initialism of value added tax.

Initialism of Vigilance awareness training.

Synonyms

• GST

Anagrams

• ATV, TVA, VTA, tav, vta

Source: Wiktionary

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Vat, n. Etym: [A dialectic form for fat, OE. fat, AS. fæt; akin to D.vat, OS. fat, G. fass, OHG. faz, Icel. & Sw. fat, Dan.fad, Lith. p a pot, and probably to G. fassen to seize, to contain, OHG. fazz, D. vatten. Cf. Fat a vat.]

1. A large vessel, cistern, or tub, especially one used for holding in an immature state, chemical preparations for dyeing, or for tanning, or for tanning leather, or the like. Let him produce his vase and tubs, in opposition to heaps of arms and standards. Addison.

2. A measure for liquids, and also a dry measure; especially, a liquid measure in Belgium and Holland, corresponding to the hectoliter of the metric system, which contains 22.01 imperial gallons, or 26.4 standard gallons in the United States.

Note: The old Dutch grain vat averaged 0.762 Winchester bushel. The old London coal vat contained 9 bushels. The solid-measurement vat of Amsterdam contains 40 cubic feet; the wine vat, 241.57 imperial gallons, and the vat for olive oil, 225.45 imperial gallons.

3. (Metal.) (a) A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in. (b) A square, hollow place on the back of a calcining furnace, where tin ore is laid to dry.

4. (R. C. Ch.)

Definition: A vessel for holding holy water.

Vat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Vatting.]

Definition: To put or transfer into a vat.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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