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tonnage::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tonnage duty, tunnage |
| Type of | duty, tariff |
Examples of tonnage
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He noted, however, that truck tonnage typically leads general economic activity.
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They also want to almost double the tonnage of ships the port currently handles.
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The Port of Mobile is currently the 9th-largest by tonnage in the United States.
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Carryover tonnage has increased as a result of the shortfall in rail shipments.
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Southern California ports experienced a steep drop in tonnage in 2007 and 2008.
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The port ranks 25th in the country for total tonnage and 14th in foreign tonnage.
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I just figured that there was a certain amount of this that's just raw tonnage.
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But NBC will greatly expand the on-air TV tonnage it makes available digitally.
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In reality, tonnage sunk rose above 500,000 tons per month from February to July.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship
- Tonnage is a measure of the size or cargo carrying capacity of a ship. The term derives from the taxation paid on tuns or casks of wine, and was later used in reference to the weight of a ship's cargo; however, in modern maritime usage, "tonnage" specifically refers to a calculation of the ...
- The number of tons of water that a floating ship displaces; The capacity of a ship's hold etc in units of 100 cubic feet; The number of tons of bombs dropped in a particular region over a particular period of time; A charge made on each ton of cargo when landed etc; The total shipping of a fleet ...
- Today tonnage refers to a ship's displacement in the water or the gross pounds of cargo it is capable of carrying. In the days of sail this was not so. Tonnage was spelled "tunnage" and referred to the number of "tuns" a ship could carry. ...
- Each die cutting press has a specific capacity or tonnage or pressure available on the down stroke of the head of the press. One ton equals 2000 pounds of downward pressure.
- Generally refers to freight handled.
- The unit of measure used in air conditioning to describe the cooling capacity of a system. One ton of cooling is based on the amount of heat needed to melt one ton (2000 lbs.) of ice in a 24 hour period. One ton of cooling is equal to 12,000 Btu/hr.
- The weight or displacement of a ship.
- The physical weight of a transported commodity.
