VAR

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Translingual

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VAR

  1. (physics, electrics) volt-ampere reactive

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English

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Noun

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VAR (countable and uncountable, plural VARs)

  1. Initialism of value-added reseller: A business that re-sells goods, especially with some additional service, such as selection assistance, installation, or support.
  2. Alternative spelling of VaR; Value at Risk.
  3. Acronym of vector autoregression.
  4. (soccer) Initialism of video assistant referee.
    • 2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport[1], archived from the original on 21 April 2019:
      [Harry] Kane was the victim in incidents plucked straight from the world of wrestling in each half, and on neither occasion did any of the officials – on the pitch or in the VAR booth – see fit to intervene in what were obvious penalties.

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Anagrams

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English VAR.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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VAR m (plural VARs)

  1. (soccer) video assistant referee
    Synonym: videoárbitro

References

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  1. ^ VAR”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English VAR.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɾ/ [ˈbaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: VAR

Noun

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VAR m (plural VARs)

  1. (soccer) video assistant referee

Further reading

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