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• Tonnage — Ton nage (?; 48), n. [From {Ton} a measure.] [1913 Webster] 1. The weight of goods carried in a boat or a ship. [1913 Webster] 2. The cubical content or burden of a vessel, or vessels, in tons; or, the amount of weight which one or several… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• 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

• freight — [n] goods being shipped bales, ballast, bulk, burden, carriage, consignment, contents, conveyance, encumbrance, fardel, haul, lading, load, merchandise, pack, packages, payload, shipment, shipping, tonnage, transportation, wares, weight; concept… …   New thesaurus

• 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 — /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 — 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 train — noun : a freight train that is operated only when a definite tonnage of freight has accumulated …   Useful english dictionary

• 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 — The capacity of a vessel for carrying freight or other loads, calculated in tons. But the way of estimating the tonnage varies in different countries. Per ton duty or charge on cargo. Total shipping tonnage of country or port …   Black's law dictionary

• freight — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cargo, load, shipment; burden. See transportation, gravity. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. rail, railway, railroad, shipping, delivery, transportation, carrying, handling, moving, storage, express,… …   English dictionary for students

• freight — Synonyms and related words: Amtrak, air express, air express, airfreight, airlift, airmail, asportation, bag, baggage, baggage train, bale, barrel, bear, bear hard upon, bearing, bottle, box, brim, burden, burdening, burthen, cable railroad, can …   Moby Thesaurus