tonnage

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English

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Etymology

From Old French tonnage.

Pronunciation

Noun

tonnage (countable and uncountable, plural tonnages)

  1. The number of tons of water that a floating ship displaces.
    • 1947 January and February, “Notes and News: New Southern Channel Steamer”, in Railway Magazine, page 49:
      With her luxurious furnishings and spacious accommodation the Invicta, which is 350-ft. long and has a gross tonnage of 4,178, resembles a small liner.
  2. The capacity of a ship's hold etc in units of 100 cubic feet.
  3. The number of tons of bombs dropped in a particular region over a particular period of time.
  4. A charge made on each ton of cargo when landed etc.
  5. The total shipping of a fleet or nation.
  6. A weight in tons, especially of cargo or freight.
    • 2023 December 13, “Network News: GB Railfreight heads for biggest fleet”, in RAIL, number 998, page 18:
      DB Cargo is understood to be looking at the feasibility of re-gearing some of its Class 66s to allow them to haul the same tonnages as the Class 60s it has taken out of its fleet in the latter part of 2023.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French tonnage. Later influenced by English tonnage.

Pronunciation

Noun

tonnage f (uncountable)

  1. tonnage (water displacement of a ship measured in tons)
  2. tonnage (cargo capacity of a ship's hold)

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: tonase

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French. By surface analysis, tonne +‎ -age, tonneau +‎ -age. However, the Old French word referred to a type of feudal tax, and the modern nautical meanings are a seventeenth-century semantic loan from English tonnage.

Pronunciation

Noun

tonnage m (plural tonnages)

  1. tonnage

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