tonnage
pronunciation
How to pronounce tonnage in British English:
UK [ˈtʌnɪdʒ]
How to pronounce tonnage in American English:
US [ˈtʌnɪdʒ]
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- Noun:
- a tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship
Word Origin
- tonnage (n.)
- early 15c., "tax or duty on wine imported in tuns," from ton (n.1) + -age, and from Old French tonnage "duty levied on wine in casks" (c. 1300). Meaning "carrying capacity of a ship" is from 1718.
Example
- 1. I wonder if the dowry depends on tonnage ?
- 2. China now accounts for almost two-thirds of the port 's export tonnage .
- 3. The tonnage of chocolate manufactured in 2007 was little changed from 2003 , and imports for the same period fell .
- 4. Bombing runs and tonnage of shells dropped could be easily counted , marked off on a piece of paper back at agency headquarters .
- 5. A 165 per cent surge in first-half orders for china has led to the change at the top in terms of deadweight tonnage .