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vat

noun
🔊/væt/
🔊/væt/
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  1. a large container for holding liquids, especially in industrial processes（尤指工业用）大桶，大盆，瓮，缸，罐
    • distilling vats蒸馏罐
    • a vat of whisky一大桶威士忌
    • The grape juice is then transferred to a fermentation vat.葡萄汁接着传送到发酵缸里。
    Word OriginMiddle English: southern and western dialect variant of obsolete fat ‘container’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vat and German Fass.

VAT

noun
🔊/ˌviː eɪ ˈtiː/, 🔊/væt/
🔊/ˌviː eɪ ˈtiː/, 🔊/væt/
[uncountable] (British English)
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  1. a tax that is added to the price of goods and services (the abbreviation for ‘value added tax’) 增值税（全写为 value added tax）
    • Prices include VAT.价格中含增值税。🔊🔊
    • £27.50 + VAT27.50 英镑加增值税
    CultureThe money from the tax is collected by the person selling the goods or providing the services and must then be paid to the government. Certain types of goods are free from the tax, including food, books and children's clothes, and on some other goods the tax is paid at a reduced rate. VAT has existed in Britain since 1973 and there are similar taxes in many European countries.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryVAT is used before these nouns:
    • invoice
    • registration
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