VAT

n 1: a tax levied on the difference between a commodity's price

before taxes and its cost of production [syn: {VAT}, {value-added

tax}, {ad valorem tax}]

2: a large open container for holding or storing liquids [syn:

{tub}]

VFAT

A standard developed by {Microsoft} to

enable long file names on standard {FAT} {partitions}. VFAT

suffers from all the drawbacks of FAT and adds more problems

but moving to it is very easy.

(1996-12-23)