VAT is a tax many countries add to things you buy. It makes goods and services more expensive by a small percent.
The VAT on this shirt is ten percent.
We pay VAT when we buy bread.
A vat is a big container that holds liquid. People use vats for cooking, making chemicals, or storing liquids.
She filled the vat with water.
The factory uses vats to store oil.
VAT sometimes means a government agency that helps former soldiers. It offers support and benefits to veterans.
He called the VAT office for help.
The VAT provides benefits to soldiers.
A vat is a big container used in making beer or wine. The liquid stays inside while it changes or matures.
The wine aged in a large oak vat.
Brewers use vats to make beer.
In textile making, a vat is a large container where fabric is put in dye to change its color. It holds dye and cloth together.
The cloth was soaked in the vat of dye.
They put fabric into a vat for coloring.
In factories, vats are big tanks where liquids or chemicals are mixed or kept. They are important for making many products.
Chemicals are mixed in the vat carefully.
The vat holds paint during production.