Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several vetches native to Europe.
- noun Any of several weedy plants that grow in grain fields.
- noun An unwelcome or objectionable element.
- noun The weight of a container or wrapper that is deducted from the gross weight to obtain net weight.
- noun A deduction from gross weight made to allow for the weight of a container.
- noun Chemistry A counterbalance, especially an empty vessel used to counterbalance the weight of a similar container.
- transitive verb To determine or indicate the tare of, especially to weigh in order to find out the tare.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To note or mark the weight of, as a container of any kind, for subsequent allowance of tare.
- noun An obsolete or archaic preterit of
tear . - Eager; brisk.
- noun In com., a deduction made from the gross weight of goods as equivalent to the real or approximate weight of the cask, box, pot, bag, or other package containing them.
- noun In chem., an empty vessel similar to one in which a chemical operation is conducted, and placed beside it during the operation. The tare serves to detect or compensate for any change in the weight of the other vessel.
- noun A small silver coin formerly current in India.
- noun The weight of a motor-vehicle without its load of cargo or passengers; also, the weight of the vehicle empty, without its fuel-supply or necessary equipment.
- noun A plant of the genus Vicia, otherwise known as vetch; most often the common vetch, V. sativa, an annual or biennial herb widely cultivated in Europe as a forage-plant.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged by modern naturalists to be the
Lolium temulentum , or darnel. - noun (Bot.) A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia; especially, the
Vicia sativa , sometimes grown for fodder. - transitive verb To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).
- imperative Tore.
- noun (Com.) 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun rare A
vetch , or the seed of a vetch. - noun rare A damaging weed growing in fields of grain.
- noun The
empty weight of acontainer . - verb To
take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. inweighting merchandise. - verb sciences To set a
zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) thatdiscounts the starting point.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous
- noun the weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo
- noun an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods
- noun any of several weedy vetches grown for forage
- noun (chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis; consists of an empty container that counterbalances the weight of the container holding chemicals
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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Hold still, friend; we merchants always deduct a certain amount for the tare, which is to indemnify us against loss by the attachment of extraneous matter to the bales.
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[1] The tare is the weight of the container which is deducted from the gross weight to obtain the net weight of the product held in the container.
Letter from Robert Carter to William Cage, Esqr., June 30, 1724 1724
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A high speed, bi-directional USB link gives system designers the ability to communicate with sensors via PC-based software and monitor/control the functionality of features such as tare, peak, valley and selectable averaging, without having to manually change hardware settings.
Gadget Freak Files 2010
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The two things to look for are a capacity of at least 10 pounds and a "tare" feature that helps those of us who are not mathematically inclined to allow for the weight of bowls, etc.
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I actually say it 'tare' when referring to Brandt, and 'teer' when referring to Rose ...
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I actually say it 'tare' when referring to Brandt, and 'teer' when referring to Rose ...
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Billings. et al. Colonial Virginia: A History.pp. 236-39.) [3] The tare is the weight of the container which is deducted from the gross weight to obtain the net weight of the product held in the cotainer.
Letter from Robert Carter to Edward Tucker, May 11, 1732 1732
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Or belittling your friend because they are so bad at a game that all you can do is tare them down.
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The truth is that we should not fear the appointment of brilliant and conscientious lawyers like Goodwin Liu, whether those nominees tare on the ideological left or right.
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The ones in my store allow you to tare out your bag.
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