TARE

tare

(noun) (chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis; consists of an empty container that counterbalances the weight of the container holding chemicals

tare

(noun) the weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo

darnel, tare, bearded darnel, cheat, Lolium temulentum

(noun) weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous

tare

(noun) any of several weedy vetches grown for forage

tare

(noun) an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

tare (plural tares)

(rare) A vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa)

Any of the tufted grasses of genus Lolium; darnel.

(rare, metaphorically) A damaging weed growing in fields of grain.

Etymology 2

Noun

tare (plural tares)

The empty weight of a container; the tare weight or unladen weight.

Verb

tare (third-person singular simple present tares, present participle taring, simple past and past participle tared)

(chiefly, business and legal) To take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in weighting merchandise.

(sciences) To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point.

Usage notes

• In measuring instruments other than balances, this process is usually called zeroing.

Synonyms

• (to set a zero value): zero

Etymology 3

Verb

tare

(obsolete) simple past tense of tear

Etymology 4

Noun

tare (uncountable)

Any of various dipping sauces served with Japanese food, typically based on soy sauce.

Anagrams

• 'eart, Ater, Reta, aret, rate, tear, tera-

Source: Wiktionary

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Tare, obs. imp. of Tear.

Definition: Tore.

Tare, n. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. tare brisk, eager, OE. tarefitch the wild vetch.]

1. A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged by modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum, or darnel. Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field From whence then hath it tares Matt. xiii. 27. The "darnel" is said to be the tares of Scripture, and is the only deleterious species belonging to the whole order. Baird.

2. (Bot.)

Definition: A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia; especially, the V. sativa, sometimes grown for fodder.

Tare, n. Etym: [F. tare; cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. tara; all fr. Ar. tarah thrown away, removed, fr. taraha to reject, remove.] (Com.)

Definition: Deficientcy in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag, etc.

Tare, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tared; p. pr. & vb. n. Taring.]

Definition: To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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