1.the weight of the materials in which goods are packed 〔货物的〕包装重量,皮重
2.the weight of an unloaded vehicle, used to calculate the actual weight of the goods in it 车辆皮重,车身自重
Examples from the Corpus
tare• Two thousand years ago, the biblical farmer was tormented by tares and Virgil was denouncing what he called the lazy thistle.• Documents must not be handed to drivers or otherwise issued with blank spaces for recording particulars of tare weights or net weights.
From Longman Business Dictionary
taretare /teəter/ noun [countableC usually singular]COMMERCETRANSPORT
1the weight of the material in which goods are packed or wrapped
2the weight of an unloaded goods vehicle, taken away from its loaded weight to calculate the weight of the goods it is carrying
Truck drivers must keep their own records of tare weighings carried out.