English Explanatory Dictionary

GATT

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Initialism of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (superseded by the World Trade Organisation (WTO)).
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

GATT Gatts

Etymology

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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