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• Tonnage — Not to be confused with Ton. 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… …   Wikipedia

• tonnage — index cargo Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 tonnage n. Capacity of a ship; the amount …   Law dictionary

• tonnage — ► NOUN 1) weight in tons. 2) the size or carrying capacity of a ship measured in tons …   English terms dictionary

• tonnage — [tun′ij] n. [ME < MFr: see TUN & AGE] 1. a duty or tax on ships, based on tons carried 2. a charge per ton on cargo or freight on a canal, at a port, etc. 3. the total amount of shipping of a country or port, calculated in tons 4. the carrying …   English World dictionary

• tonnage — /tun ij/, 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 …   Universalium

• tonnage — /ˈtʌnɪdʒ / (say tunij) noun 1. the carrying capacity of a vessel expressed in gross tons. See gross tonnage, register tonnage. 2. ships collectively considered with reference to their carrying capacity or together with their cargoes. 3. a duty on …  

• tonnage-duty — A tax laid upon vessels according to their tonnage or cubical capacity. The vital principle of a tonnage duty is that it is imposed, whatever the subject, solely according to the rule of weight, either as to the capacity to carry or the actual… …   Black's law dictionary

• Tonnage war — A tonnage war is a military strategy aimed at merchant shipping. The premise is that an enemy has only a finite number of ships, and a finite capacity to build replacements for them. The concept was made famous by U boat commander Karl Dönitz,… …   Wikipedia

• capacity — A lending and credit analysis term that describes a borrower s or applicant s ability to meet debt service obligations. See debt service coverage. American Banker Glossary credit grantor s measurement of a person s ability to repay loans.… …   Financial and business terms

• tonnage — n. 1 a ship s internal cubic capacity or freight carrying capacity measured in tons. 2 the total carrying capacity esp. of a country s mercantile marine. 3 a charge per ton on freight or cargo. Etymology: orig. in sense duty on a tun of wine : OF …   Useful english dictionary

• tonnage — A measure of the volume or cargo carrying capacity of a ship. The gross register tonnage (GRT) is the volume of a ship below the upper deck measured in shipping tons of 100 cubic feet. The net register tonnage (NRT) is the GRT less the space… …   Big dictionary of business and management