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  • FET
    FET
    federal estate tax.
  • F.E.T.
    F.E.T.
    abbreviation
    Federal Excise Tax.

FET

1 American  
  1. Banking. federal estate tax.

  2. Electronics. field-effect transistor.


F.E.T. 2 American  

abbreviation

  1. Federal Excise Tax.


FET British  

abbreviation

  1. field-effect transistor

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The FET became a reality, however much cognitive dissonance this generated.

From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2017

The function of the new FET was, in Franco’s words, to incorporate the “great unaffiliated neutral mass” of Spaniards, for whom doctrinal rigidity would not be desirable.

From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2017

FET programs could serve as a “test bed for the EIC,” and the advisory board is drafting a plan to that effect, he says.

From Science Magazine ● Jun. 23, 2015

A large, primitive, power-hungry active    electrical device, similar in function to a FET but constructed out    of glass, metal, and vacuum.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 by Eric S. Raymond

Another section of the Government, among whom were General Louis Botha and Dr. F.E.T.

From The Petticoat Commando Boer Women in Secret Service by Johanna Brandt

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