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Definition of Tare

1. Noun. An adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods.

2. Noun. Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage.

3. Noun. Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous.

4. Noun. The weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo.

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

Definition of Tare

1. imp. Tore.

2. n. A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged by modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum, or darnel.

3. n. 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.

4. v. t. To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).

Definition of Tare

1. Noun. (rare) A vetch, or the seed of a vetch. ¹

2. Noun. (rare) A damaging weed growing in fields of grain (with reference to Matthew 13:25: "But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way." The King James Version (Authorized)) ¹

3. Noun. The empty weight of a container. ¹

4. Verb. (chiefly business and legal) To take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in weighting merchandise. ¹

5. Verb. (sciences) To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tare

1. to determine the weight of a container holding goods [v TARED, TARING, TARES]

Medical Definition of Tare

1. 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. A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia; especially, the V. Sativa, sometimes grown for fodder. Origin: Cf. Prov. E. Tare brisk, eager, OE. Tarefitch the wild vetch. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tare

tardity tardive tardive cyanosis tardive dyskinesia tardive dyskinesias tardively tardo tards tardy tardy slip

tardy slips tardying tardyon tardyonic tardyons tare (current term) tared tarenflurbil tarente tarentism

tarentula tarentulas tares taret organ targe targed targes target target-hunting target acquisition system

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