DERV
diesel-engined road vehicle

"Caught a bloke doing a number two behind the Derv pump last week.

If the VAT-inclusive charge for a sale of petrol or derv is.

It does not apply to petrol, DERV or lubricating oil.

Being a commercial service, it normally applies to DERV rather than petrol (gasoline).

VAT invoices for petrol and diesel oil (derv)

Ull we right off stamp dem flat, or pluck derv apart slow?"

Then a small gray shape burst out of the brush and derv toward Crag, to caper in 'frantic, soundless joy around his metal feet.

A spokesman said a substantial amount of Derv was spilled while a rail tanker was being filled at the North Tees road and rail terminal.

Derv Gordon - lead vocals (born Dervin Gordon, 29 June 1948, Jamaica)

The term "diesel-engined road vehicle" (DERV) is used in the UK as a synonym for unmarked road diesel fuel.

Completing the original line-up were John Hall, Pat Lloyd, and twin brothers Derv and Lincoln Gordon.

Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel - a more environmentally-friendly replacement for Diesel Engined Road Vehicles (DERV) with a much lower sulphur content.

The diesel never feels slovenly and can be hurried along snaking back roads with the sort of haste which soon makes you forget that derv, not four-star (or unleaded), goes into its fuel tank.

Jet fuel, which has similarities to both paraffin and road diesel (DERV), is much cheaper and more widely available than avgas; and opportunities now arise to develop light aero-engines that can burn jet-fuel.

In the UK, diesel fuel for on-road use is commonly abbreviated DERV, standing for Diesel Engined Road Vehicle, which carries a tax premium over equivalent fuel for non-road use (see Taxation).

The Chancellor may decide to encourage greater use of diesel: however, he has only limited scope for any price differentiation between DERV and petrol, for since December diesel has actually been 10 pence per gallon more expensive than unleaded petrol.

"derv", C. "derow", W. "derw"), coupled with two agent suffixes, *-ent- and *-iū; this is the origin of "Derwent", " Darent" and "Darwen" (attested in the Roman period as "Deru entiō").