tare

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

tare, imp. 

 Tore.  [1913 Webster]

tare, n. [Cf. Prov. E. tare brisk, eager, OE. tarefitch the wild vetch.].

•  A weed that grows among wheat and other grain; -- alleged by modern naturalists to be the Lolium temulentum, or darnel.  [1913 Webster]

  "Didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? From whence then hath it tares?"  [1913 Webster]

  "The “darnel” is said to be the tares of Scripture, and is the only deleterious species belonging to the whole order."  [1913 Webster]
•  A name of several climbing or diffuse leguminous herbs of the genus Vicia; especially, the Vicia sativa, sometimes grown for fodder.  [1913 Webster]

tare, n. [F. tare; cf. Pr., Sp., Pg., & It. tara; all fr. Ar. tarah thrown away, removed, fr. taraha to reject, remove.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]

tare, v. t. 

 To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

tare, n.
1 vetch, esp. as corn-weed or fodder.
2 (in pl.) Bibl. an injurious corn-weed (Matt. 13:24-30).

tare, n.
1 an allowance made for the weight of the packing or wrapping around goods.
2 the weight of a motor vehicle without its fuel or load.

Idiom

tare and tret the arithmetical rule for computing a tare.

Etymology

ME f. F, = deficiency, tare, f. med.L tara f. Arab. tarha what is rejected f. taraha reject

THESAURUS

tare

abatement, agio, allowance, bank discount, bones, breakage, cash discount, chaff, chain discount, charge-off, concession, culm, cut, deadwood, deduction, depreciation, discount, dishwater, draff, drawback, dregs, dust, filings, garbage, gash, hogwash, husks, kickback, leavings, lees, offal, offscourings, orts, parings, penalty, penalty clause, percentage, potsherds, premium, price reduction, price-cut, rags, raspings, rebate, rebatement, reduction, refund, refuse, rollback, salvage, scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scum, setoff, shards, shavings, slack, slag, slop, slops, stubble, sweepings, swill, tares, time discount, trade discount, tret, underselling, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, weeds, write-off