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 Definitions of tonnage  [ˈtʌn ɪdʒ]  

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Definition of 'tonnage' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) tonnage
the capacity of a merchant vessel, expressed either in units of weight, as deadweight tons, or of volume, as gross tons.

2.  tonnage
ships collectively considered with reference to their carrying capacity or together with their cargoes.

3.  tonnage
a duty on ships or boats at so much per ton of cargo or freight, or according to the capacity in tons.

Etymology:  (1900–05; < F; see ton1)

Definition of 'tonnage' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) tonnage, tunnage, tonnage duty
a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship


Definition of 'tonnage' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) tonnage
the weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship

2. (noun) tonnage
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)

3. (noun) tonnage
a duty or impost on vessels, estimated per ton, or, a duty, toll, or rate payable on goods per ton transported on canals

4. (noun) tonnage
the whole amount of shipping estimated by tons; as, the tonnage of the United States. See Ton


Translation of 'tonnage' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the space available on a ship, measured in tons.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: tonnemaat Arabic flag Arabic: طُنِّيَّه، الوزْن بالطُّن Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: тон
Brazilian flag Brazilian: tonelagem Czech flag Czech: tonáž German flag German: die Tonnage
Danish flag Danish: tonnage; lasteevne Greek flag Greek: χωρητικότητα σε τόνους Spanish flag Spanish: tonelaje
Estonian flag Estonian: tonnaaþ Farsi flag Farsi: گنجایش کشتی بر حسب تن Finnish flag Finnish: tonnisto
French flag French: tonnage Hebrew flag Hebrew: תְפוּסָה שֶׁל אָנִייָה Hindi flag Hindi: टन के तौल में जहाज का आंत
Croatian flag Croatian: nosivost, tonaža Hungarian flag Hungarian: tonnatartalom Indonesian flag Indonesian: tonase
Icelandic flag Icelandic: lestarrÿmi Italian flag Italian: tonnellaggio, stazza Japanese flag Japanese: トン数
Korean flag Korean: (배의) 적재량 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: tonažas Latvian flag Latvian: tonnāža
Malay flag Malay: tanan Dutch flag Dutch: tonnage Norwegian flag Norwegian: tonnasje
Polish flag Polish: tonaż Persian flag Persian: گنجایش کشتی بر حسب تن Pashto flag Pashto: ګمركي باړه چې دټن په حساب
Portuguese flag Portuguese: tonelagem Romanian flag Romanian: tonaj Russian flag Russian: тоннаж
Slovak flag Slovak: tonáž Slovenian flag Slovenian: tonaža Serbian flag Serbian: tonaža
Swedish flag Swedish: tonnage Thai flag Thai: ขนาดของเรือ (วัดด้วยความจ Turkish flag Turkish: tonaj
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 船舶噸位 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: тоннаж Urdu flag Urdu: جہاز ميں موجود خلا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: khả năng chuyên chở của t Chinese flag Chinese: 船舶吨位

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