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  4  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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  container  for  holding  or  storing  liquids  [syn: 
  {tub}] 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
  VAT 
  [UDF]  Virtual  Allocation  Table  (UDF,  CD-R)




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