A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lao kip.
"The transaction was settled in atts, the smallest monetary unit used within the Lao kip system."
In plain English: Att is an old-fashioned word for a small, enclosed area used to keep livestock safe from weather and predators.
"The dog sat at his favorite spot to get some much-needed rest after playing in the yard all day long."
Usage: The att is a minor unit of the Lao kip used in local transactions where precision beyond whole kips is required. It functions as an exact decimal equivalent rather than a colloquial term for small change like cents or pence.
Obsolete spelling of at
"The old manuscript spells the preposition as att rather than at."
The word att comes from the Lao language, where it originally meant to burn or scorch. It entered English usage as a slang term derived directly from this foreign root without changing its core sense of intense heat or destruction.