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An economic moat, often attributed to investor Warren Buffett, is a term used to describe a company's competitive advantage. [1] Like a moat protects a castle, certain advantages help protect companies from their competitors.
The moat surrounding Matsumoto Castle. A moat is a deep, broad ditch dug around a castle, fortification, building, or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence. Moats can be dry or filled with water. In some places, moats evolved into more extensive water defences, including natural or artificial lakes, dams and sluices.
A moat is a type of fortification. Moat or Moats may also refer to: Places. Moat, Cumbria, a hamlet in the parish of Kirkandrews-on-Esk in England; Municipalities
1244 12780 Ensembl ENSG00000023839 ENSMUSG00000025194 UniProt Q92887 Q8VI47 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_000392 NM_013806 RefSeq (protein) NP_000383 NP_038834 Location (UCSC) Chr 10: 99.78 – 99.85 Mb Chr 19: 43.77 – 43.83 Mb PubMed search Wikidata View/Edit Human View/Edit Mouse Multidrug resistance-associated protein 2 (MRP2) also called canalicular multispecific organic anion transporter 1 (cMOAT ...
Animation showing the operation of a drawbridge. A drawbridge or draw-bridge is a type of moveable bridge typically at the entrance to a castle or tower surrounded by a moat.In some forms of English, including American English, the word drawbridge commonly refers to all types of moveable bridges, such as bascule bridges, vertical-lift bridges and swing bridges, but this article concerns the ...
Moat encircling settlements are characterized as defenses and bases. The moat encircling the settlement was excavated in a deep V shape and pointed stakes called Gyakumogi were embedded around the moat encircling it, suggesting that the settlement had a defensive character. Large settlements are considered to be political and economic ...
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Moat is an English and Scottish surname. The meaning of the name is "protective ditch". Notable people with the surname include: John Moat (1936–2014), British poet; Raoul Moat (1973–2010), British perpetrator of the 2010 Northumbria Police manhunt; Richard Moat (born 1954), British businessman; William Pollock Moat (1827–1895), New ...