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tare

2  [tair] ,noun, verb, tared, tar⋅ing.
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–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

tare

3  [tair] ,
–verb Archaic.
pt. and pp. of tear 2 .
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tare 2   (târ)   
n.  

  1. The weight of a container or wrapper that is deducted from the gross weight to obtain net weight.

  2. A deduction from gross weight made to allow for the weight of a container.

  3. Chemistry A counterbalance, especially an empty vessel used to counterbalance the weight of a similar container.

tr.v.   tared, tar·ing, tares
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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Word Origin & History

tare  (1)
"kind of fodder plant, vetch," c.1330, perhaps cognate with M.Du. tarwe "wheat," from P.Gmc. *tarwo, cognate with Bret. draok, Welsh drewg "darnel," Skt. durva "a kind of millet grass," Gk. darata, daratos "bread," Lith. dirva "a wheat-field." Used in 2nd Wycliffe version (1388) of Matt. xxiii:25 to render Gk. zizania as a weed among corn (earlier darnel and cockle had been used in this place); hence fig. use for "something noxious sown among something good" (1711).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2tare
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: tared; tar·ing
: to ascertain or mark the tare of; especially : to weigh so as to determine the tare
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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