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Tare

noun
1.
An adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods.
2.
Any of several weedy vetches grown for forage.
3.
Weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous.  Synonyms: bearded darnel, cheat, darnel, Lolium temulentum.
4.
The weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo.
5.
(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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"Tare" Quotes from Famous Books



... out Larry, as he heard me going down stairs. "What will I do at all? Tare and 'ounds; there, he's at it agin, as mad as blazes." This last exclamation had reference to another peal which was evidently the work of ...
— The O'Conors of Castle Conor from Tales from all Countries • Anthony Trollope

... freedom and whose realm was peace; And, in strange lands, whose joy and only care Were to spread light, and who, not anywhere Thy charm made headway, planting liberties, Didst, then, by stealthy step, or creep on knees, Sow with the lilies, faster-growing tare! ...
— Freedom, Truth and Beauty • Edward Doyle

... evidence of the importance of the marginal principle[9] that insurance at such a cost should still be desired by men. The use of insurance would be much wider and its benefits greater if this "tare and tret" of doing the business could be reduced. It seems a reasonable hope, now that the experimental stages are passed, that this may be done. In the case of all kinds of insurance as yet a large expense for agents has ...
— Modern Economic Problems - Economics Vol. II • Frank Albert Fetter



Words linked to "Tare" :   hairy vetch, counterpoise, vetch, genus Vicia, counterbalance, rye grass, equaliser, adjustment, Vicia villosa, weight, equalizer, ryegrass, counterweight, balance, chemical analysis, allowance, qualitative analysis, Vicia



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