skat

American  

[skaht, skat] / skɑt, skæt /

noun

1. a card game for three players, using a pack of 32 playing cards, sevens through aces, the object being to fulfill any of various contracts, with scoring computed on strategy and on tricks won.

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skat British  

/ skæt /

noun

1. a three-handed card game using 32 cards, popular in German-speaking communities

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Etymology

Origin of skat

1860–65; < German skat < Italian scarto, derivative of scartare to discard, equivalent to s- ex- ¹ + -cartare, derivative of carta card ¹

Example Sentences

Acknowledging that "greed can be a powerful motive, and I consider there was substantial greed here", he nevertheless concluded that Skat has failed to prove it was a victim of deception.

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He said Skat had "failed to established any of the claims pursued at trial where liability was disputed".

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However, the judgement found while this information gave "some indirect support " to the case put forward by Skat - it did not prove the tax authority's case.

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The 18-month trial was the culmination of an eight-year legal process - with Skat initially being denied the right to pursue its claim in the English courts, before winning an appeal to the Supreme Court.

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The case was deciding on whether Skat was deceived into paying the tax refunds, as it had claimed.

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