- Ton of Shipping
Ton of Shipping (engl., spr. tönn ŏf schi-), s. Load.
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Ton of Shipping
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ton — I. /tʌn / (say tun) noun 1. a unit of mass in the imperial system equal to 2240 lb. (long ton), or approx. 1016 kg, and, in the US, 2000 lb. (short ton), or approx. 907 kg. 2. a unit of freight equal to 1000 kg or, formerly 40 cubic feet (freight …
Ton [2] — Ton (spr. tönn), engl. Gewicht zu 20 engl. Handelszentner = 2240 engl. Pfund = 1016 kg (Long Ton); in den Ver. Staaten von Amerika zu 20 Cental = 2000 Pfund = 907 kg (Short Ton); als Holzmaß (T. of Shipping) s. Load … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
ton|nage — «TUHN ihj», noun. 1. a) the carrying capacity of a ship, expressed in tons of 100 cubic feet. A ship of 50,000 cubic feet of space for freight has a tonnage of 500 tons. b) the amount of a commodity or other cargo shipped, loaded, unloaded, or in … Useful english dictionary
Ton [2] — Ton (spr. tönn), engl. Großgewicht zu 20 Hundredweights = 1016,048 kg und so auch bei Zöllen und im Handel mit schweren Gütern (long T.) in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, hier aber auch in der Statistik wie im Großhandel oft (short T.) =… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
ton — 1. (tn or T or t) a traditional unit of weight equal to 20 hundredweight. In the United States and Canada, there are 100 pounds in the hundredweight and exactly 2000 pounds (907.185 kilograms) in the ton. In Britain, there are 112 pounds … Dictionary of units of measurement
shipping ton — a traditional unit measuring the volume (not the weight) of items shipped by sea. The U.S. shipping ton is the same as the freight ton (see ton5), 40 cubic feet or about 1.1326 cubic meters. The British shipping ton is 5% larger at 42 cubic… … Dictionary of units of measurement
shipping ton — See under ton1 (def. 5). * * * shipping ton, a unit of measure of the carrying capacity of a ship, equal to 40 cubic feet or 1.13 cubic meters; measurement ton; freight ton … Useful english dictionary
ton — ton1 /tun/, n. 1. a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain. 2. Also called freight ton. a unit of volume for… … Universalium
ton — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. twelve hundredweight, two thousand pounds, short ton, metric ton, tonne, a thousand kilograms, long ton, shipping ton, displacement ton, measurement ton, freight ton; see also weight 1 , 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n … English dictionary for students
ton — The formerly widely used long ton of 2240 pounds has now been replaced by the metric ton or tonne of 1000 kilograms for all purposes of trade and commerce. In the USA the short ton of 2000 lbs is still in use (consisting of 20 short… … Big dictionary of business and management
