tare Meaning, Definition & Usage

  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
    darnel; bearded darnel; cheat; Lolium temulentum.
  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

WordNet

Tare imp. of Tear
Definitions
obs.
  1. Tore.
Tare noun
Etymology
Cf. Prov. E. tare brisk, eager, OE. tarefitch the wild vetch.
Definitions
  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.) A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia; especially, the V. sativa, sometimes grown for fodder.
Tare noun
Etymology
F. tare; cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. tara; all fr. Ar. tarah thrown away, removed, fr. taraha to reject, remove.
Definitions
  1. (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.
Tare transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Tared ; present participle & verbal noun Taring
Definitions
  1. To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).

Webster 1913