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tassnoun
a heap, pile.
Etymology: Partly from tas, from tas, from Low *; and partly from taas, from tas; both from tas(s)az. Related to tas, tasse, tas.
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TASS
The Russian News Agency TASS (Russian: Информацио́нное аге́нтство Росси́и ТАСС, romanized: Informatsionnoye agentstvo Rossii, or Information agency of Russia), abbreviated TASS (ТАСС), is a major Russian state-owned news agency founded in 1904. TASS is the largest Russian news agency and one of the largest news agencies worldwide.TASS is registered as a Federal State Unitary Enterprise, owned by the Government of Russia. Headquartered in Moscow, TASS has 70 offices in Russia and in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), as well as 68 bureaus around the world. In Soviet times, it was named the Telegraph Agency of the Soviet Union (Телегра́фное аге́нтство Сове́тского Сою́за, Telegrafnoye agentstvo Sovetskogo Soyuza) and was the central agency for news collection and distribution for all Soviet newspapers, radio and television stations. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the agency was renamed Information Telegraph Agency of Russia (ITAR-TASS) (Информацио́нное телегра́фное аге́нтство Росси́и (ИТА́Р-ТАСС), Informatsionnoye telegrafnoye agentstvo Rossii (ITAR-TASS)) in 1992, but regained the simpler TASS name in 2014.
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Tass
Tass is a village and municipality in Bács-Kiskun county, in the Southern Great Plain region of southern Hungary.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Tass
tas, n. (prov.) a hay-mow, a heap. [O. Fr. tas, a heap, most prob. Teut.]
Tass
tas, n. (obs.) a pouch. [Tasset.]
Tass
tas, n. a drinking-cup or its contents. [Fr. tasse—Ar. tās, a cup.]
Tass
tas, n. a piece of armour for the thigh. [Tasset.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of TASS in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of TASS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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