Tare
noun1
radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter T.
World War II era; joint US/RAF; World War II era; joint US/RAF
tare
verbalso spelled TareUK /tɛə/ · US /tɛ(ə)ɹ/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French tare, from Italian tara, from Arabic طَرْحَة (ṭarḥa, “that which is thrown away”), a derivative of طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw (away)”).
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Business, Law 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.1886, Records of the History, Laws, Regulations, and Statistics of the Tobacco Trade of the United Kingdom, page 86:
- Without question, I think, the exploit of "Jubilee" No. 45737 Atlas [...] was the finest [...], for the train was made up to eleven bogies taring the maximum of 350 tons for an engine of this class, notwithstanding which 7 min. was gained on schedule.1959 December, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 610:
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Sciences To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point.
- 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.