tare

Noun

• (chemical analysis) a counterweight used in chemical analysis; consists of an empty container that counterbalances the weight of the container holding chemicals

• the weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or cargo

• weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous

• any of several weedy vetches grown for forage

• an adjustment made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of the goods

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  darnel , bearded darnel , cheat , Lolium temulentum