tare

Plural: tares

Noun

• an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods
• any of several weedy vetches grown for forage
• weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
• the weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo
• (chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis; consists of an empty container that counterbalances the weight of the container holding chemicals
• A vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa)
• Any of the tufted grasses of genus Lolium; darnel.
• A damaging weed growing in fields of grain.
• The empty weight of a container; unladen weight.
• Any of various dipping sauces served with Japanese food, typically based on soy sauce.
• Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”).

Verb

Verb Forms: tared, taring, tares

• To determine the weight of an empty container before filling it.
• To take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in weighting merchandise.
• To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point.
• simple past of tear

Examples

• Before the game, he tried to TARE his tiles to ensure a fair draw.

Synonyms

bearded darnel, cheat, darnel, Lolium temulentum, zero

Related Words

cloff, gross, net, tret

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