Associations to the word «Tare»

Wiktionary

TARE, noun. (rare) A vetch, or the seed of a vetch.
TARE, noun. (rare) A damaging weed growing in fields of grain.
TARE, noun. The empty weight of a container; the tare weight or unladen weight.
TARE, verb. (chiefly business and legal) To take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in weighting merchandise.
TARE, verb. (sciences) To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point.
TARE, verb. (obsolete) simple past tense of tear
TARE, noun. Any of various dipping sauces served with Japanese food, typically based on soy sauce.

Dictionary definition

TARE, noun. An adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods.
TARE, noun. Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage.
TARE, noun. Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous.
TARE, noun. The weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo.
TARE, noun. (chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis; consists of an empty container that counterbalances the weight of the container holding chemicals.

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