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   Tare

   /ter/

   

   noun

   • 1. an allowance made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of goods.
   • ▪ the weight of a motor vehicle, railroad car, or aircraft without its fuel or load.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French, literally ‘deficiency, tare’, from medieval Latin tara, based on Arabic ṭaraḥa ‘reject, deduct’.

   Scrabble Points: 4

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   • A

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   • R

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   • E

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