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# vat

«vat» in Mova's school dictionary: **a very large tank or barrel for holding liquids, used in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a vat, vats); noun (VAT, uncountable — UK, money)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A vat is a very large tank or barrel for holding liquids, used in factories, breweries and dye works. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vat/#m1)

2) (UK, money) VAT (value added tax) is a tax added to the price of most things you buy in shops; you say each letter, V-A-T, or «vat». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vat/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and factories vats hold wine, beer, cheese milk or dye; in cartoons a villain may fall into a vat. In the UK and Ireland VAT is part of the price in shops, and in maths problems you may need to add VAT as a percentage. Phrases: «a vat of», «plus VAT», «including VAT», «VAT at twenty per cent».

### examples

- Grapes are crushed in big wooden vats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vat/#x1)
- The factory had huge vats of chocolate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vat/#x2)
- The workers stirred the cloth in a vat of blue dye. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vat/#x3)
- The price is fifty pounds plus VAT. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vat/#x4)
- VAT in the UK is usually twenty per cent of the price. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vat/#x5)
- If a toy costs ten pounds before VAT at twenty per cent, it costs twelve pounds with VAT. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vat/#x6)
- Books and children's clothes have no VAT in the UK. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vat/#x7)
- Then the thrice-lovely Nastasia herself leaped into the vats. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vat/#x8)

### note

«vat» (tank) is countable: two vats. «VAT» (tax) is written in capitals and is uncountable. The USA has sales tax, not VAT. Maths: price with VAT = price × (1 + rate); twenty per cent VAT means multiply by 1.2. Do not confuse with «vet» (animal doctor).

### In the corpora

- [And the floors shall be full of corn, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOL.44/)
- [So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.65/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «vat» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vat/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.