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Meanings of tonnage in English

Portuguese
arqueação

A tax imposed on ships that enter the US; based on the tonnage of the ship.

        arqueação
        Russian
        тоннаж
        Portuguese
        arqueação líquida de navio de carga
        Spanish
        tonelaje
        Catalan
        arqueig

        Measure of the cargo-carrying volumetric capacity of a ship.

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              тоннаж
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              Examples for "tunnage"
              Examples for "tunnage"
              1
              For instance, tunnage and poundage were appropriated for naval defenses.
              Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III
              2
              Our government having become a party to this agreement, discriminating tunnage duties have been abolished.
              The Government Class Book / Designed for the Instruction of Yout...
              3
              The difficulty, which the commodore principally apprehended, related to the duty usually paid by all ships in the river of Canton, according to their tunnage.
              A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume ...
              4
              Mr Tunnage said although he was happy at the lodge, there was little else on offer.
              Radio NZ
              1
              No state may lay a tonnage duty without the consent of Congress.
              Problems in American Democracy
              2
              They complain of our tonnage duty, but it is because it is not understood.
              Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
              3
              Now, what is this but substantially a tonnage duty, under the law of the State?
              The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster / With an Essa...
              4
              Now I suppose this matter of tonnage duties is well enough in its own sphere.
              The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858
              5
              Because the States may do enough by the levy and collection of tonnage duties; or if not-Fifth
              The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 2: 1843-1858
              Usage of tonnage in English
              1
              That figure was purely for the tonnage collected under local recycling systems.
              The Guardian
              2
              He just worked; and his mill held the tonnage record for years.
              The Auction Block
              3
              The tonnage of the vessels on the lakes has been already noticed.
              The Naval War of 1812 / Or the History of the United States Navy...
              4
              Huntington is the largest port, in terms of tonnage, on the Ohio.
              The new yorker
              5
              Ranged in order of gross tonnage, these eight vessels stand as follows:
              Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886
              6
              Rail car loadings represent about 21 percent of chemical volume by tonnage.
              Reuters
              7
              Rail car loadings represent about 21 percent of chemical volumes by tonnage.
              Reuters
              8
              He resisted ship-money and the tax unlawfully imposed on tonnage and poundage.
              Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet / ...
              9
              Those who levied tonnage and poundage were branded with the same epithet.
              The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I., Part E. / From...
              10
              No state may lay a tonnage duty without the consent of Congress.
              Problems in American Democracy
              11
              He next mentioned her tonnage and armament, and indeed everything about her.
              The Three Admirals
              12
              The tonnage of the three principal ports of Great Britain in 1844 was:-
              Canada and the Canadians, Vol. 1
              13
              He offered a bounty, dependent on tonnage, for anyone who built new vessels.
              Venus In Copper
              14
              The sailing tonnage of the United Kingdom is only about 20 per cent.
              Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896
              15
              It is approximately one-third the tonnage of the Marathon-class cruiser currently in service.
              The Fall of Reach
              16
              The tonnage limit can be moved simultaneously over different terminus routes.
              More Than Honor
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              Translations for tonnage
              Catalan
              arqueig
              Tonnage through the time
              Tonnage across language varieties
              United States of America
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              United Kingdom
              Common