How to pronounce tare

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What tare means

noun

The weight of an empty container

In a sentence: Grandpa weighed the empty jar first, then took away its tare to see how much honey he had.

Where it comes from: It traces back to an Arabic word meaning "that which is thrown away," because that weight gets left out.

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