t.abbr.1. tare2. Latin tempore (in the time of)3. time4. ton5. transitive6. troy (system of weights)American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.t. abbreviation for 1. (Commerce) commerce tare 2. (Cookery) teaspoon(ful) 3. (General Physics) temperature 4. (Music, other) music tempo 5. (Music, other) tenor 6. (Grammar) grammar tense 7. (Units) ton(s) 8. (Grammar) transitive [(sense 4) Latin: in the time of]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014