TARE AND TRET  , in See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce, allowances or deductions . Tare is an See also:

• ALLOWANCE (from "allow,' derived through 0. Fr. alouer from the two Lat. origins adlaudare, to praise, and allocare, to assign a place; so that the English word combined the general idea of "assigning with approval")

allowance made from the See also:

• GROSS

gross See also:

• WEIGHT

weight of goods for the See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box, bag or other wrapping in which the goods are packed . It may be real, i.e. representing the actual weight of the wrap-ping; customary, when a See also:

• UNIFORM

uniform or established See also:

• RATE

rate is allowed; See also:

• AVERAGE

average, when one or two packages among several are weighed, and the mean or average of the whole taken; or super-tare, an additional allowance when the package exceeds a certain weight . Tret is an allowance of 4 lb. in every 104 lb. of weight, made as See also:

• COMPENSATION (from Lat. compensare, to weigh one thing against another)

compensation for loss by See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste . " Tare " comes through the Fr. tare, cf . Sp. tars, from Arab. tarha, tarh, throwing, casting—the word meant originally loss, that which is thrown away; " tret " is an See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of Fr. traite, See also:

• LAT

Lat. trahere, to draw, and meant a See also:

• DRAUGHT (from the common Teutonic word " to draw "; cf. Ger. 7'racht, load; the pronunciation led to the variant form " draft," now confined to certain specific meanings)

draught, transportation, also a See also:

• PAYMENT (Fr. paiement, from payer, to pay; Lat. pacare, to appease, pax, peace)

payment on ex-ports, an allowance on exportation .