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tonnage
ton·nage T0264000 (tŭn′ĭj)n.1. The number of tons of water that a ship displaces when afloat.2. The capacity of a merchant ship, often measured in units of 100 cubic feet.3. A duty or charge per ton on cargo, as at a port or canal.4. The total shipping of a country or port, figured in tons, with reference to carrying capacity.5. Weight measured in tons.
[ton + -age. Sense 3, Middle English, from Old French, from tonne, tun; see tonne.]tonnage (ˈtʌnɪdʒ) or tunnagen1. (Commerce) the capacity of a merchant ship expressed in tons, for which purpose a ton is considered as 40 cubic feet of freight or 100 cubic feet of bulk cargo, unless such an amount would weigh more than 2000 pounds in which case the actual weight is used2. (Commerce) the weight of the cargo of a merchant ship3. (Commerce) the total amount of shipping of a port or nation, estimated by the capacity of its ships4. (Commerce) a duty on ships based either on their capacity or their register tonnage[C15: from Old French, from tonne barrel]ton•nage (ˈtʌn ɪdʒ)
n. 1. the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons. 2. ships collectively considered with reference to their carrying capacity or together with their cargoes. 3. a duty on ships or boats at so much per ton of cargo or freight, or according to the capacity in tons. [1375–1425; late Middle English: duty < Old French. See ton1, -age] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  tonnage - a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the shiptonnage duty, tunnagetariff, duty - a government tax on imports or exports; "they signed a treaty to lower duties on trade between their countries" |
Translationston (tan) noun1. a unit of weight, 2,240 lb, (American) 2,000 lb; a metric ton (also tonne (tan) ) is 2,204.6 lb (1,000 kilogrammes). It weighs a ton and a half; a three-ton weight. 噸，公噸 吨2. a unit of space in a ship (100 cubic feet). 船隻的載重單位 船只的载重单位ˈtonnage (-nidʒ) noun the space available on a ship, measured in tons. 船舶噸位 船舶吨位tons noun plural a lot. I've got tons of letters to write. 許多 许许多多tonnage
tonnage, tunnage1. the capacity of a merchant ship expressed in tons, for which purpose a ton is considered as 40 cubic feet of freight or 100 cubic feet of bulk cargo, unless such an amount would weigh more than 2000 pounds in which case the actual weight is used 2. the weight of the cargo of a merchant ship 3. the total amount of shipping of a port or nation, estimated by the capacity of its ships 4. a duty on ships based either on their capacity or their register tonnage tonnage[′tən·ij] (naval architecture) A measure of the size of a ship; it is usually taken to mean gross tonnage or net tonnage, but may also refer to deadweight or displacement tonnage. Tonnage
Related to Tonnage: Deadweight tonnage, Net TonnageTONNAGE, mar. law. The capacity of a ship or vessel.
2. The act of congress of March 2, 1799, s. 64, 1 Story's L. U. S. 630, directs that to ascertain the tonnage of any ship or vessel, the surveyor, &c. shall, if the said ship or vessel be double decked, take the length thereof from the forepart of the main stem, to the afterpart of the stern post, above the upper deck, the breadth thereof, at the broadest part above the mainwales, half of which breadth shall be accounted the depth of such vessel, and then deduct from the length three-fifths of the breadth, multiply the remainder by the breadth and the product of the depth, and shall divide this last product by ninety-five, the quotients whereof shall be deemed the true contents or tonnage of such ship or vessel. And if such ship or vessel shall be single decked, the said, surveyor shall take the length and breadth as above directed, in respect to a double deck ship or vessel, and shall deduct from the length three-fifths of the breadth, and taking the depth from the underside of the deck plank to the ceiling of the hold, shall multiply and divide as aforesaid, and the quotient shall be deemed the tonnage of such ship or vessel.
3. The duties paid on the tonnage of a ship or vessel are also called tonnage.
4. These duties are altogether abolished in relation. to American vessels by the act of May 31, 1830, s. 1, 4 Story's Laws U. S. 2216. And by the second section of the same act, all tonnage duties on foreign vessels are abolished, provided the president of the, United States shall be satisfied that the discriminating or countervailing duties of such foreign nation, so far as they operate to the disadvantage. of the United States, have been abolished.
5. The constitution of the United States provides, art. 1, s. 10, n. 2, that no state shall, without the consent of congress, lay any duty on tonnage. FinancialSeeTonSee TONN
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Related to tonnage: Deadweight tonnage, Net TonnageSynonyms for tonnagenoun a tax imposed on ships that enter the USSynonymsRelated Words |