When do you use "pare"?

Question

When do you use "pare"?
and is it bussiness term?
and is it also common like "reduce"?.

Answer 1

You can, indeed, pare costs. It would be a metaphorical usage based on skinning a fruit. To pare down costs means to reduce them by a small amount, especially in the sense of removing waste. That's what a paring knife does--it removes the skin, the "waste".

I have heard this regularly in business contexts.

Answer 2

I've always known the word "pare" used in reference to an apple.

Also.....found on website below.....


Main Entry: pare
Pronunciation: 'per
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): pared; par·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French parer to make, prepare, pare, from Latin parare to prepare, acquire; akin to Latin parere to give birth to, produce, Greek porein to give, present, Sanskrit prnAti he gives
1 : to trim off an outside, excess, or irregular part of
2 : to diminish or reduce by or as if by paring
- par·er noun

Answer 3

Pare is a Tagalog word means, you could be the godfather of his child or when someone address you this way it could be a friendly gesture and a sign of respect also, this is not a business term.

Answer 4

So I guess a paring knife would be a Tagalog godfather's tool, to keep his costs down, by reducing the competition, right?

Answer 5

The only definitions I found were in the dictionary online.

pare [ per ] (past and past participle pared, present participle par·ing, 3rd person present singular pares)
transitive verb
Definition:

1. remove outer layer: to remove the skin or outer layer of something such as a vegetable or fruit thinly and neatly


2. trim nails: to trim something such as fingernails or toenails


[13th century. Via French parer "prepare, trim" < Latin parare]

Answer 6

"Pare" is kinda like the word "peel". Like, you can pare fruits. Ever heard of paring knives?