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tonnage
[ tuhn-ij ]
noun
- ships collectively considered with reference to their carrying capacity or together with their cargoes.
tonnage
/ ˈ³ÙÊŒ²Ôɪ»åÏô /
noun
- the capacity of a merchant ship expressed in tons, for which purpose a ton is considered as 40 cubic feet of freight or 100 cubic feet of bulk cargo, unless such an amount would weigh more than 2000 pounds in which case the actual weight is used
- the weight of the cargo of a merchant ship
- the total amount of shipping of a port or nation, estimated by the capacity of its ships
- a duty on ships based either on their capacity or their register tonnage
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tonnage1
Example Sentences
Waste Management sought approval to increase its tonnage capacity to take in wildfire debris anyway, which Riverside County officials granted the next day.
The Lamb Canyon and Badlands landfills in Riverside County also requested emergency waivers for an increase in tonnage.
Throw in the sheer tonnage of think pieces and appreciations and other navel-gazing and you’d be forgiven for asking: Do we also need a book about Lorne Michaels?
To accommodate debris removal, the county last week approved a waiver extending the landfill’s hours of operation and increasing the daily tonnage limit from 3,500 tons per day to 5,000.
In turn, these landfills — many of which accept municipal garbage — have applied for emergency waivers to expand their daily disposal tonnage, extend their operating hours and accept potentially contaminated fire debris.
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