vat
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 →
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 →
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 →
- The factory had huge vats of chocolate. tree →
- The workers stirred the cloth in a vat of blue dye. tree →
- The price is fifty pounds plus VAT. tree →
- VAT in the UK is usually twenty per cent of the price. tree →
- If a toy costs ten pounds before VAT at twenty per cent, it costs twelve pounds with VAT. tree →
- Books and children's clothes have no VAT in the UK. tree →
- Then the thrice-lovely Nastasia herself leaped into the vats. tree →
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.
- So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «vat» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.