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GATT

US/ˈɡæt/ uncommon

noun

1.

a United Nations agency created by a multinational treaty to promote trade by the reduction of tariffs and import quotas

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Origin

Various origins: * A variant of Galt, a Scottish surname. * Borrowed from South German Gatt, a short form of a personal name containing Middle High German gate (“companion”); compare modern German Gatte (“husband”). * Borrowed from Maltese Gatt, which could derive from Italian gatto (“cat”) or be a short form of the personal name Agatha.

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