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Meaning of 'tare' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Tare
- of Tear
2 . Tare [ imp.]
- Tore.
3 . Tare [ n.]
- A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged by modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum, or darnel.
- A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia; especially, the V. sativa, sometimes grown for fodder.
- Deficientcy in the weight or quantity of goods by reason of the weight of the cask, bag, or whatever contains the commodity, and is weighed with it; hence, the allowance or abatement of a certain weight or quantity which the seller makes to the buyer on account of the weight of such cask, bag, etc.
4 . Tare [ v. t.]
- To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).

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