tare

Meanings

Noun

• A vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa)
• Any of the tufted grasses of genus Lolium; darnel.
• A damaging weed growing in fields of grain.
• The empty weight of a container; the tare weight or unladen weight.
• Any of various dipping sauces served with Japanese food, typically based on soy sauce.

Verb

• To take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in weighting merchandise.
• To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point.
• Past of tear

Related

Similar words

• zero

Origin

• From Middle English tare, from Old English *taru, from Proto-West Germanic *taru.
• Middle French tare, from Italian tara, from Arabic طَرْحَة, a derivative of طَرَحَ.
• Borrowed from Japanese 垂れ.