allowance vs tare

allowance

verb
  • To supply in a fixed and limited quantity. 

  • To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink). 

noun
  • Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting 

  • A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law. 

  • A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension. 

  • Acknowledgment. 

  • A child's allowance; pocket money. 

  • Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances 

  • An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose 

  • A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry. 

  • A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, differing by country. 

tare

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. 

noun
  • The empty weight of a container; unladen weight. 

  • A vetch, or the seed of a vetch (genus Vicia, esp. Vicia sativa) 

  • Any of various dipping sauces served with Japanese food, typically based on soy sauce. 

  • A damaging weed growing in fields of grain. 

  • Any of the tufted grasses of genus Lolium; darnel. 

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