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# vat

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

«vat» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A vat is a very large tank or barrel for holding liquids, used in factories, breweries and dye works. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vat/#m2)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vat/#x1)
- The factory had huge vats of chocolate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vat/#x2)
- The workers stirred the cloth in a vat of blue dye. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vat/#x3)
- The price is fifty pounds plus VAT. [tree →](https://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vat/#x6)
- Books and children's clothes have no VAT in the UK. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vat/#x7)
- Then the thrice-lovely Nastasia herself leaped into the vats. [tree →](https://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 Jewish tradition

It means a tank that catches the juice at the winepress. When the vats overflow, it means a very rich harvest.

**Interpretation.** Overflowing vats are a sign of God's blessing for honoring Him. Joel also uses a full winepress as a picture of ripe judgment.

### Examples

- So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine. (Writings PRO.3.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vat/#x1)
- And the floors shall be full of corn, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. (Prophets JOL.2.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vat/#x2)
- Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; come, tread ye, for the winepress is full, the vats overflow; for their wickedness is great. (Prophets JOL.4.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vat/#x3)

### 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).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vat/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vat» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vat.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «vat» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/vat/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vat» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/vat.html) on Mova free.