Ton vs. Tonnage
Tonnoun
A unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton).
Tonnoun
A unit of volume; register ton.
Tonnoun
In refrigeration and air conditioning, a unit of thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C).
Tonnoun
A large amount.
Tonnoun
(slang) A speed of 100 mph.
Tonnoun
(slang) One hundred pounds sterling.
Tonnoun
(cricket) One hundred runs.
Tonnoun
(darts) One hundred points.
Tonnoun
Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
Tonnoun
Fashionable society; those in style.
Ton
pl. of Toe.
Tonnoun
The common tunny, or horse mackerel.
Tonnoun
The prevailing fashion or mode; vogue; as, things of ton.
Tonnoun
A measure of weight or quantity.
Tonnoun
The weight of twenty hundredweight.
Tonnoun
Forty cubic feet of space, being the unit of measurement of the burden, or carrying capacity, of a vessel; as a vessel of 300 tons burden.
Tonnoun
A certain weight or quantity of merchandise, with reference to transportation as freight; as, six hundred weight of ship bread in casks, seven hundred weight in bags, eight hundred weight in bulk; ten bushels of potatoes; eight sacks, or ten barrels, of flour; forty cubic feet of rough, or fifty cubic feet of hewn, timber, etc.
Tonnoun
a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds
Tonnoun
a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds
Ton
The ton is a unit of measure. It has a long history and has acquired a number of meanings and uses over the years.
Tonnagenoun
The number of tons of water that a floating ship displaces.
Tonnagenoun
The capacity of a ship's hold etc in units of 100 cubic feet.
Tonnagenoun
The number of tons of bombs dropped in a particular region over a particular period of time.
Tonnagenoun
A charge made on each ton of cargo when landed etc.
Tonnagenoun
The total shipping of a fleet or nation.
Tonnagenoun
The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship.
Tonnagenoun
The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several vessels may carry. See Ton, n. (b).
Tonnagenoun
A duty or impost on vessels, estimated per ton, or, a duty, toll, or rate payable on goods per ton transported on canals.
Tonnagenoun
The whole amount of shipping estimated by tons; as, the tonnage of the United States. See Ton.
Tonnagenoun
a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship
Tonnage
Tonnage is a measure of the cargo-carrying capacity of a ship, and is commonly used to assess fees on commercial shipping. The term derives from the taxation paid on tuns or casks of wine.
