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tass

1

[tas]

noun

Chiefly Scot.
  1. a cup or small goblet, especially an ornamental one.

  2. the contents of a cup or goblet; a small draught, as of liquor.



Tass

2
Or TASS

[tas, tahs]

noun

  1. a news-gathering agency of the former Soviet Union: merged with an alternative news service to form Itar-Tass (Russian Information Telegraph Agency).

tass

1

/ æ, ˈæɪ /

noun

  1. a cup, goblet, or glass

  2. the contents of such a vessel

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Tass

2

/ æ /

noun

  1. (formerly) the principal news agency of the Soviet Union: replaced in 1992 by Itar Tass

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tass1

1475–85; earlier tasse < Middle French < Arabic ṭass, ṭassah basin < Persian tasht; tazza

Origin of tass2

< Russian, acronym from T ( 𲵰áڲԴDZ ) a ( éԲٱ ) S ( DZéٲDz ) S ( Dzú ) Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tass1

C15: from Old French tasse cup, from Arabic tassah basin, from Persian tast

Origin of tass2

T ( elegrafnoye ) A ( genstvo ) S ( ovetskovo ) S ( oyuza ) Telegraphic Agency of the Soviet Union
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Additional emergency workers, as well as rescue equipment and light towers for carrying out work at night have been sent to the area, according to Russian news agency TASS.

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Russia's defence ministry had earlier released a video purporting to show an Iskander missile attack on a training camp, and state news agency Tass said up to 70 people had died.

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"We have to think about this. This is a new development," state-run Russian news agency Tass reported Peskov as saying.

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The shell did not explode and no one was home at the time, Tass state news agency reported.

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Russia's Tass news agency quoted Shamarin's lawyer as saying: "In total, Shamarin was sentenced to seven years in a maximum security penal colony, a seven-year ban on public service, and was stripped of his military rank."

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