vat
IPA: vˈæt
noun
- 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 Catholicism) 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.
- (taxation) Initialism of value added tax. [(taxation) A tax levied on the added value that results from the exchange of goods and services]
- Initialism of Vigilance awareness training.
verb
- (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.
adjective
- Designating a vat dye.
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Examples of "vat" in Sentences
- It clearly states shipping and vat is included in the price.
- Have fun you will find that a vat is a lonely place for a brain
- The indigo vat is subject to two significant problems, he found.
- If you start with the null position you can't get past the brain vat.
- La la, the salt vat is no place for my kissed lips and love - lavished body.
- While she was speaking the man was trying to push a heavy brewer's vat from the long sledge.
- September 30th, 2009 at 7: 43 pm fifth monarchy man: If you start with the null position you can't get past the brain vat.
- White House economic advisor Paul Volcker is calling for a new national sales tax -- a value added tax or "vat" -- to help close the deficit, CBS station WCBS-TV reports.
- Cloth steeped in the vat is also green until contact with the air, when it immediately becomes a good blue: Introduction of acids changes the direction of the pores in the fibers, allowing only the blue rays pass.
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