Like many a purchase weighed at a deli

• Weighed a container
• Deducted from gross weight
• Sought to determine net weight
• Found the container's weight
• Weighed, in a way, as a container
• Weighed, in a way
• Allowed for the container weight

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
weigh; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight. v (en-past of: tare )

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tare \Tare\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tared ; p. pr. & vb. n. Taring .] To ascertain or mark the tare of (goods).