What are the definitions of “tare, net and gross” as applied to package weight?
Tare indicates the actual weight of the package, box, or container. Net, which generally appears on all packaged commodities, indicates the actual weight of the product being purchased. Gross is the total weight ( tare plus net) of the package and contents combined. How much firewood is contained in a cord? A cord is defined as: “The amount of wood which is contained in a space of 128 cubic feet, when the wood is ranked and well stowed”. Typically a cord will be stacked 4′ high, by 8′ wide, by 4′ deep ( 4’x8’x4’= 128 cu. ft.). I recently sold aluminum cans to a recycling center that advertised they were buying aluminum cans for 30ยข a pound. My cans weighed 50 pounds according to their scale, but they reduced my total weight by 10 pounds because my cans were dirty and wet. Is this practice of arbitrary weight reductions appropriate? No, absolutely not! They may however, establish and post a specific buying price per pound for clean and dry cans, and then a lower price per pound for dirt
