LekhoriLekhoriA vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa
Any of the tufted grasses of genus Lolium; darnel.
The empty weight of a container; unladen weight.
What is the neat weight of 4 hogsheads of tobacco, each weighing 10cwt. 3qrs. 10lb. gross; — tare 100lb. per hdd.?
Any of various dipping sauces served with Japanese food, typically based on soy sauce.
Alternative form of tara (“Indian coin”).
To take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in weighting merchandise.
he is […] to tare such number of bales as may be deemed necessary to settle the net weight for duty.
To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point.
From Middle English tare (“vetch”), from Old English *taru, from Proto-West Germanic *taru.
Select a language to see translations
2003, Dany Spencer Adams, Lab Math, CSHL Press, p. 63, Spectrometers, for example, must be zeroed before each reading; balances must be tared before each weighing.
simple past of tear