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tare¹

(târ)

1. Any of several vetches native to Europe.

2. Any of several weedy plants that grow in grain fields.

3. tares An unwelcome or objectionable element.

[Middle English.]

tare²

(târ)

1. The weight of a container or wrapper that is deducted from the gross weight to obtain net weight.

2. A deduction from gross weight made to allow for the weight of a container.

3. Chemistry A counterbalance, especially an empty vessel used to counterbalance the weight of a similar container.

tr.v. tared, tar·ing, tares

To determine or indicate the tare of, especially to weigh in order to find out the tare.

[Middle English, from Old French, ultimately from Arabic ṭarḥ, rejection, subtraction, from ṭaraḥa, to throw away; see ṭrḥ in Semitic roots.]

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tare

(tɛə)

1. (Plants) any of various vetch plants, such as Vicia hirsuta (hairy tare) of Eurasia and N Africa

2. (Plants) the seed of any of these plants

3. (Bible) Bible a troublesome weed, thought to be the darnel

[C14: of unknown origin]

tare

(tɛə)

1. (Commerce) the weight of the wrapping or container in which goods are packed

2. (Commerce) a deduction from gross weight to compensate for this

3. (Commerce) the weight of a vehicle without its cargo, passengers, etc

4. (Commerce) an empty container used as a counterbalance in determining net weight

(Commerce) (tr) to weigh (a package, etc) in order to calculate the amount of tare

[C15: from Old French: waste, from Medieval Latin tara, from Arabic tarhah something discarded, from taraha to reject]

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tare¹

(tɛər)

n.

1. any of various vetches, esp. Vicia sativa.

2. (in the Bible) a noxious weed.

[1300–50; Middle English: vetch; akin to Middle Dutch tarwe wheat]

tare²

(tɛər)

n., v. tared, tar•ing. n.

1. the weight of the wrapping or receptacle containing goods.

2. a deduction from the gross weight to allow for this.

3. the weight of a vehicle without cargo, passengers, etc.

v.t.

4. to ascertain or allow for the tare of.

[1480–90; < Middle French « Arabic ṭarḥah what one discards, derivative of ṭaraḥa to discard]

tare³

(tɛər)

v. Archaic.

pt. and pp. of tear ².

tare

Past participle: tared
Gerund: taring

Imperative
tare
tare

Present
I tare
you tare
he/she/it tares
we tare
you tare
they tare

Preterite
I tared
you tared
he/she/it tared
we tared
you tared
they tared

Present Continuous
I am taring
you are taring
he/she/it is taring
we are taring
you are taring
they are taring

Present Perfect
I have tared
you have tared
he/she/it has tared
we have tared
you have tared
they have tared

Past Continuous
I was taring
you were taring
he/she/it was taring
we were taring
you were taring
they were taring

Past Perfect
I had tared
you had tared
he/she/it had tared
we had tared
you had tared
they had tared

Future
I will tare
you will tare
he/she/it will tare
we will tare
you will tare
they will tare

Future Perfect
I will have tared
you will have tared
he/she/it will have tared
we will have tared
you will have tared
they will have tared

Future Continuous
I will be taring
you will be taring
he/she/it will be taring
we will be taring
you will be taring
they will be taring

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been taring
you have been taring
he/she/it has been taring
we have been taring
you have been taring
they have been taring

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been taring
you will have been taring
he/she/it will have been taring
we will have been taring
you will have been taring
they will have been taring

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been taring
you had been taring
he/she/it had been taring
we had been taring
you had been taring
they had been taring

Conditional
I would tare
you would tare
he/she/it would tare
we would tare
you would tare
they would tare

Past Conditional
I would have tared
you would have tared
he/she/it would have tared
we would have tared
you would have tared
they would have tared

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Noun	1.	tare - an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods allowance, adjustment - an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances; "an allowance for profit"
	2.	tare - any of several weedy vetches grown for forage genus Vicia, Vicia - widely distributed genus of annual or perennial and often climbing herbs vetch - any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants hairy tare, hairy vetch, Vicia villosa - European vetch much cultivated as forage and cover crops
	3.	tare - weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous bearded darnel, cheat, darnel, Lolium temulentum rye grass, ryegrass - any of several annual or perennial Eurasian grasses
	4.	tare - the weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo weight - the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity
	5.	tare - (chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis; consists of an empty container that counterbalances the weight of the container holding chemicals chemical analysis, qualitative analysis - the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements counterbalance, counterpoise, counterweight, equaliser, equalizer, balance - a weight that balances another weight

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tare

[tɛəʳ] N (Bot) (also tares) → arveja f (Bible) → cizaña f (Comm) → tara f

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Thrice was he stricken by my spear and dashed to earth, and his shield was pierced; but the fourth time I struck his thigh, laying on with all my strength, and tare deep into his flesh.

But as he came on, the son of Amphitryon, unsated of fierce battle, shrewdly wounded his thigh where it was exposed under his richly-wrought shield, and tare deep into his flesh with the spear-thrust and cast him flat upon the ground.

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Sitting upon my throne of augury, As is my wont, where every fowl of heaven Find harborage, upon mine ears was borne A jargon strange of twitterings, hoots, and screams; So knew I that each bird at the other tare With bloody talons, for the whirr of wings Could signify naught else.

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It is a labor to task the faculties of a man -- such problems of profit and loss, of interest, of tare and tret, and gauging of all kinds in it, as demand a universal knowledge.

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Verily, all too well do I understand the dream's portent and monition: my DOCTRINE is in danger; tares want to be called wheat!

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It is also the vilest affection, and the most depraved; for which cause it is the proper attribute of the devil, who is called, the envious man, that soweth tares amongst the wheat by night; as it always cometh to pass, that envy worketh subtilly, and in the dark, and to the prejudice of good things, such as is the wheat.

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He has torn up the wheat with the tares; 'tis all the same.

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[Footnote: The name, given by their enemies, perhaps means 'tares.'] It was inevitable not only that he and his associates should compose many tracts and sermons for the furtherance of their views, but, considering their attitude toward the Bible, that they should wish to put it into the hands of all the people in a form which they would be able to understand, that is in their own vernacular English.

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But mothers, sisters, and friends may help to make the crop a small one, and keep many tares from spoiling the harvest, by believing, and showing that they believe, in the possibility of loyalty to the virtues which make men manliest in good women's eyes.

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Tare, 28 and Adora, 37 were among the 129 couples from the city's 36 villages who availed of the project that aims to legalize the union of couples who have been living together for at least five years.

129 couples tie knot in Tacloban mass wedding

"The failed Champions League qualification doesn't change things, we know what we must do and must improve on," Tare, who previously admitted it would take [euro]90m ([pounds sterling]78m) to convince them to sell their midfield star, told Sky Sport Italia (h/tGoal).

Lazio make shock admission over reported Man United interest in [pounds sterling]78m-rated Sergey Milinkovic-Savic after missing out on top four; The Biancocelesti failed to qualify for the Champions League with United, Real Madrid and Juventus keen on the Serbian star

The handbook is more helpful augmenting some chapters of TARE's text than others, for example, the chapters covering statistics, market analysis, and discounted cash flow.

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