tare
noun
°A vetch, or the seed of a vetch.
°A damaging weed growing in fields of grain (with reference to Matthew 13:25: "But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way." The King James Version (Authorized)).
verb
°To take into account the weight of the container, wrapping etc. in weighting merchandise.
°To set a zero value on an instrument (usually a balance) that discounts the starting point.
synonyms: zero