Etymology. The word tare originates from the Middle French word tare “wastage in goods, deficiency, imperfection” (15th c. ), from Italian tara, from Arabic طرح ṭarḥ, lit. “thing deducted or rejected”, from taraha “to reject”.

What does tare in Tagalog mean?

Definitions and Meaning of Tare in Tagalog

an allowance made for the weight of the packaging in order to determine the net weight of goods.

What is the origin of the word tare?

Tare came to English by way of Middle French from the Old Italian term tara, which is itself from the Arabic word ṭarḥa, meaning "that which is removed." One of the first known written records of the word tare in English is found in the naval inventories of Britain's King Henry VII.