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[tair] 
,noun, verb, tared, tar⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | the weight of the wrapping, receptacle, or conveyance containing goods. |
| 2. | a deduction from the gross weight to allow for this. |
| 3. | the weight of a vehicle without cargo, passengers, etc. |
| 4. | a counterweight used in chemical analysis to balance the weight of a container. |
| 5. | a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter T. |
–verb (used with object)
| 6. | to ascertain, note, or allow for the tare of. |
Origin:
1480–90; < MF (equiv. to ML, It, Pr, Sp, Pg tara, Sp atara) ≪ Ar ṭarḥah what one throws away, deriv. of ṭaraḥa to throw away
1480–90; < MF (equiv. to ML, It, Pr, Sp, Pg tara, Sp atara) ≪ Ar ṭarḥah what one throws away, deriv. of ṭaraḥa to throw away
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| tare 2 (târ) n.
To determine or indicate the tare of, especially to weigh in order to find out the tare. [Middle English, from Old French, ultimately from Arabic ṭarḥ, rejection, subtraction, from ṭaraḥa, to throw away; see ṭrḥ in Semitic roots.] |
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Tared
Tared\, a. (Chem.) Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as, tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates.
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