• abbr. 增值稅（Value Added Tax）

來自fat(甕)南方英語方言變體，詞源可能同pot.

vat

vat: [13] Vat comes from a prehistoric Germanic *fatam ‘vessel, barrel’, which also produced German fass, Dutch vat, Swedish fat, and Danish fad. It passed into Old English as f?t, whose direct descendant, fat, had largely died out by the end of the 19th century; vat represents a southwestern dialect form.

vat (n.)

c. 1200, large tub or cistern, "especially one for holding liquors in an immature state" [Century Dictionary], southern variant (see V) of Old English f?t "container, vat," from Proto-Germanic *fatan (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Norse fat, Old Frisian fet, Middle Dutch, Dutch vat, Old High German faz, German fa?), from PIE root *ped- (2) "container" (cognates: Lithuanian puodas "pot").

1. A five-course meal including coffee, service and VAT is ￡30.

包括咖啡、服務費及增值稅在內，一頓五道菜正餐的價格為30英鎊。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Dishonest importers would be able to pocket the VAT collected from customers.

不誠實的進口商將會能夠把從顧客那里收取的增值稅據為己有。

來自柯林斯例句

3. It is available at ￡108, including VAT and delivery.

其價格為108英鎊，包括增值稅和送貨費在內。

來自柯林斯例句

4. a vat of whisky

一大桶威士忌

來自《權威詞典》

5. Certain charities are exempt from VAT registration.

某些慈善機構無須進行增值稅登記.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》