n.增值稅(=value added tax)；大桶，大盆，缸

The office is asking for the vat papers. 辦事處要有關(guān)增值稅的文件。

Does the price include VAT? 這價錢是否已包括增值稅在內(nèi)?

The worker is dyeing cloth in a vat. 工人正在一個大桶里染布。

His father emptied sacks of stale rye bread into the vat. 他父親把一袋袋發(fā)霉的黑面包倒進大桶里。