Vat

[væt]

Definition

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

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Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

(n.) A wooden tub for washing ores and mineral substances in.

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

(n.) A vessel for holding holy water.

(v. t.) To put or transfer into a vat.

Typist: Willie

Definition

n. a large vessel or tank esp. one for holding liquors.—v.t. to put in a vat.—n. Vat′ful the contents of a vat.

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Unserious Contents or Definition

To see a vat in your dreams, foretells anguish and suffering from the hands of cruel persons, into which you have unwittingly fallen.

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