- Tonnage - Wikipedia
Tonnage is a measure of the 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 In modern maritime usage, "tonnage" specifically refers to a calculation of the volume or cargo volume of a ship
- TONNAGE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of TONNAGE is the cubical content of a merchant ship in units of 100 cubic feet
- Tonnage | Definition, Formula, Facts | Britannica
tonnage, in shipping, the total number of tons registered or carried or the total carrying capacity Gross tonnage (GT) is calculated from the formula GT = K1V, where V is the volume of a ship’s enclosed spaces in cubic metres and K1 is a constant calculated by K1 = 0 2 + 0 02 log 10 V
- TONNAGE definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
The tonnage of a ship is its size or the amount of space that it has inside it for cargo
- TONNAGE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
TONNAGE meaning: 1 the size of a ship or the weight of goods that a ship is able to carry 2 the size of a ship or… Learn more
- tonnage noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of tonnage noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- Tonnage - definition of tonnage by The Free Dictionary
2 (Commerce) the weight of the cargo of a merchant ship 3 (Commerce) the total amount of shipping of a port or nation, estimated by the capacity of its ships 4 (Commerce) a duty on ships based either on their capacity or their register tonnage
- tonnage, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary
There are ten meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun tonnage, one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
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