In the EU, a VAT identification number can be verified online at the EU's official VIES website. It confirms that the number is currently allocated and can provide the name or other identifying details of the entity to whom the identifier has been allocated.
A culture is a way of life of a group of people--the behaviors, beliefs, values, and symbols that they accept, generally without thinking about them, and that are passed along by communication and imitation from one generation to the next. Culture is symbolic communication.
The noun CULTURE has 7 senses: 1. a particular society at a particular time and place. 2. the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group. 3. all the knowledge and values shared by a society. 4. (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar)