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"tares" is the name of a weed (rye grass) mentioned in the gospel of Matthew. See
http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/tares.html
Is it perhaps possible that "tare weight" came from the subtraction of the weed (tares) from the product (wheat), that is to say the "tare weight" is the weight of the total un-useable portion of the entire harvest?
- That etymology seems somewhat unlikely to me, since the dichotomy involved in the term's usage is of content versus packaging, not usable content vs waste content. 12.106.86.230 (talk) 21:17, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
In Russian, "tara" (тара) is rigid, envelope-kind packaging itself (bag or pallete is not, for softness and not-envelopeness, respectively)
Added pronunciation guide. There has been, in my experience, some confusion as to whether it should be homophonous to "tear" or "tar-ay."12.106.86.230 (talk) 21:17, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
Merge with Tare and Tret edit
The Tare and Tret article does not present sufficient information to stand on its own. It should be merged with this article. Neelix (talk) 18:46, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
---DD TRET is not a term I am familiar with, but TARE is. There is room for some expansion on the commercial/logistics terminology regarding weight. In aviation it is actually quite important to understand the difference between Gross, Net weights. Makes a right mess of weight and balance calculations if you mix the two.
In principle Gross Weight = Net Weight + Tare Weight --- DD
Undue focus? edit
This article seems to primarily concern industrial and scientific uses, but most people will be familiar with the concept from the supermarket, where many items are sold by weight — especially with the advent of self-checkout where the customer must identify the container for the purposes of looking up the tare weight. 207.180.169.36 (talk) 20:08, 24 September 2023 (UTC)