tare

tare ¹  (târ)

n.

1. Any of various weedy plants of the genus Vicia, especially the common vetch.

2. Any of several weedy plants that grow in grain fields.

3. tares An unwelcome or objectionable element.

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[Middle English.]

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tare ²  (târ)

n.

1. The weight of a container or wrapper that is deducted from the gross weight to obtain net weight.

2. A deduction from gross weight made to allow for the weight of a container.

3. Chemistry A counterbalance, especially an empty vessel used to counterbalance the weight of a similar container.

tr.v. tared, tar·ing, tares

To determine or indicate the tare of, especially to weigh in order to find out the tare.

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[Middle English, from Old French, ultimately from Arabic ar, rejection, subtraction, from araa, to throw away; see r in Semitic roots.]

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tare ¹

Noun

1. the weight of the wrapping or container in which goods are packed

2. the weight of a vehicle without its cargo or passengers [Arabic tarhah something discarded]

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tare ²

Noun

1. any of various vetch plants of Eurasia and N Africa

2. Bible a weed, thought to be the darnel [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tare - an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods allowance, adjustment - an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit"
	2.	tare - any of several weedy vetches grown for forage genus Vicia, Vicia - widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs vetch - any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants hairy tare, hairy vetch, Vicia villosa - European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
	3.	tare - weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous bearded darnel, cheat, darnel, Lolium temulentum rye grass, ryegrass - any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses
	4.	tare - the weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo weight - the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
	5.	tare - (chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis; consists of an empty container that counterbalances the weight of the container holding chemicals chemical analysis, qualitative analysis - the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer, balance - a weight that balances another weight

Translations

tare [tɛəʳ] n (COMM) → tara