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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



... a striking 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 been ...
— Modern Economic Problems - Economics Vol. II • Frank Albert Fetter
... abundant testimonies of his guilt. But what if Wieland should be undeceived! What if he shall find his acts to have proceeded not from an heavenly prompter, but from human treachery! Will not his rage mount into whirlwind? Will not he tare limb from limb ...
— Wieland; or The Transformation - An American Tale • Charles Brockden Brown
... unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him grievously; and he fell on the ground, ...
— His Life - A Complete Story in the Words of the Four Gospels • William E. Barton, Theodore G. Soares, Sydney Strong


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


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